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Support our Marathon runners
08 February 2020 | News
... including grave illness, such as cancer, and mental health. “My mum worked in the care sector for most of her ...
Can Co-Production help in getting disabled people active?
01 April 2019 | News
... Get Yourself Active blogs getting disabled people to lead healthier lifestyles. The fourth annual Co-production Week ... Centre for Independent Living. We aim to work with the health, social care and sports sectors to develop better ...
NHS app to make it quick and easy to book a GP appointment
12 November 2018 | News
Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: “The ... in the driving seat and revolutionise the way we access health services.” More about this on GovUK The free app ...
Churches demand benefit sanctions review
02 July 2015 | News
... for Jobseekers and 11,129 for those out of work due to ill health. The call for a review is supported by the Baptist ...
Disability Rights UK submission to the Taylor Review
16 May 2017 | News
... that is people living with any long-term physical or mental health condition or impairment, about 12 million people in ... addition, good employment practice for people living with a health condition or impairment often supports good ... status following the onset of a disability or long-term health condition. One study (ref 2) estimated that every ...
Supporting disabled people through traineeships consultation
21 August 2018 | News
... Candidates from a range of physical, sensory, mental health or long-term health conditions Flexibilities in the interpretation of ... Innovation in support e.g. for people with mental health conditions Changes to the work experience or working ...
DR UK response to the Welfare Safety Net Inquiry
13 February 2019 | News
... with lived experience across the spectrum of disability and health conditions, including mental health conditions, learning disabilities, dementia and ... and extreme hardship, with serious consequences for their health and wellbeing. It says that people moving onto ...
Minister previews Disability Green Paper social security reforms
23 May 2021 | News
... system for Disabled people through its long-delayed Health and Disability Green Paper. He has also said that the ... will keep video and telephone assessments and through the Health and Disability Green Paper we will explore to what ... suggested that this may allow the use of more specialist healthcare professionals to carry out assessments of ...
Starter payments needed to give financial support during 5 weeks wait for first Universal Credit payment, say MPs
18 October 2020 | News
... Assessment (WCA), some disabled people and people with health conditions must wait much longer than five weeks to ... number to food banks (35%) and a worsening of people’s health, in particular their mental health (85%) and again, most worryingly driving people to ...
Eighty civil society groups reveal UK failure to meet anti-torture obligations
06 May 2019 | News
... number of people are being detained under the Mental Health Act, with a 36% rise in the number of detentions ... 2010. Serious concerns also remain about ill-treatment in health care settings. A 2018 survey of 1,544 staff across 92 ... people are forced to rely on. Rigorous training for health and social care staff in the Convention Against ...