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Mid Essex CCG plans independent living limits
06 August 2015 | News
... living for disabled people receiving NHS continuing health care into residential care A recent consultation by ... Group proposes that if the cost of meeting continuing health care needs in the community is above 10% more than a ... which would apply to new applicants for continuing health care, is a threat to independent living and could see ...
Children with learning difficulties and autism treated horrifically, finds Government report
31 October 2019 | News
... and/or autism are treated in detention in mental health facilities. Its damning report paints a 'grim ... inflicting terrible suffering on those detained in mental health hospitals and causing anguish to their distraught ... well as those made by the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and campaign groups. • Care and Treatment ...
A quarter of UK adults became carers during pandemic - EHRC report
20 October 2020 | News
... with a significant impact on their mental and physical health. It also finds that reduced access to care, combined ... on young women with children, with an impact on their health and wellbeing, relationships, finances and ...
Free iPads for care homes ‘not enough’ says DR UK
30 September 2020 | News
... friends and family. iPads will also allow staff to access healthcare information quickly and easily, and set up ... human contact with loved ones has serious impacts on mental health.” Free iPads for care homes ‘not enough’ says ...
2019 LeDeR report is published
19 July 2020 | News
... It makes for somber reading, and highlights the many health inequalities faced by people with learning ... of death that could have been prevented by timely public health interventions to prevent an injury or illness in the ... considered treatable with access to timely and effective healthcare, compared to just 8% of the general population. ...
Face to face benefits appointments cancelled
17 March 2020 | News
... be regularly reviewing the position in line with Public Health advice.” The DWP is continuing to accept new claims ...
DRUK responds to supported housing consultation
23 January 2018 | News
... had a physical disability, and 5% had a significant mental health problem). This means that any change to the current ... those with learning or physical disabilities or mental ill health. DR UK strongly supports the revised proposal that ...
Improving NHS and social care complaint handling
20 November 2014 | News
... in partnership with the Local Government Ombudsman and Healthwatch England , and in consultation with over 100 ... with a range of organisations, including the Department of Health and NHS England, to ensure it is embedded across the ...
Cutting Disabled People’s Benefit Has Nothing To Do With Fairness, Says DR UK
08 January 2024 | News
... of people who are out of work due to Disability and ill health is a reflection of major societal changes such as an ... aging population, a later retirement age, increasing mental health amongst younger people and changes to the labour ... This is equally true for those who acquire impairments or health conditions and those who have claimed benefits for ...
Benefit sanctions harming claimants, lawyers warn
21 July 2022 | News
... benefit sanctions “poses significant harm to the health, finances, and well-being of claimants” according ... and detrimental effect on people’s mental and physical health. Very often, they are applied unlawfully. “Given ...