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Your chance to contribute to the NHS new equality standard for disabled staff
28 September 2016 | News
... people with lived experience of disability or long-term health conditions is a major asset: these staff can draw on ... to people using services: people who have recently acquired health conditions or injuries often feel discouraged, and meeting health professionals with their own lived experience makes a ...
Two new blogs from Get Yourself Active
28 July 2016 | News
... Centre for Independent Living . We aim to work with the health, social care and sports sectors to develop better ... for anyone to participate, regardless of age, disability or health condition. Find out more and how you can support ...
Disability Rights UK issue a statement in response to the chancellors remarks on benefit claimants today
02 October 2023 | News
... they have no other option due to a disability or long term health condition. To continue to stereotype benefit ... It seems that Disabled people and those with long term health conditions are being used as scapegoats. If the ... in the NHS and social care, a huge investment in mental health services, free skills training and for those who ...
DCC priorities for the new Parliament
25 September 2014 | News
... age population - live with a disability or long-term health condition.1 The numbers of disabled people are ... 43% of whom will have a disability or limiting long-term health condition.3 Disability and ill health are a natural part of life, they could affect anyone ...
Scotland to pilot Care Opinion website
10 August 2014 | News
... The initial pilot will cover adult care providers in two health board areas, with a view to rolling out the service ... across Scotland at the end of the one-year trial. Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil said: “I’ve been very clear ... families can comment on the care they have received from health and social care services. These comments are sent ...
New rights for carers in Wales
08 June 2014 | News
... must regularly review. A new duty on local authorities and Health Boards to secure the provision of an Information, ... it. For more information go to http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/healthandsocialcare/2014/140609carers-rights/?lang=en New ...
New Scottish sensory impairment strategy
24 April 2014 | News
... the new strategy Michael Matheson Minister for Public Health, said: “Nearly one in five people in Scotland ... a sensory impairment should have access to the best quality health services, with early diagnosis and appropriate ...
Broken benefits system forcing thousands of Disabled people to fall behind on payments and skip meals
31 August 2021 | News
... and Jobseeker’s Allowance, are facing considerable mental health and physical challenges as the pandemic has left them ... to socialise and attend events that used to help my mental health. I am now more physically disabled than before the ... welfare state to ensure Disabled people and those with health conditions aren’t pushed any further into poverty ...
Our concerns over timetable for moving existing disabled claimants to UC
30 July 2018 | News
... for moving disabled people and people with long-term health conditions from legacy benefits onto Universal ... migration, which include being disabled or having a mental health condition, but we are concerned about how these ... legacy claim for disabled people or people with long-term health conditions is stopped before a full Universal Credit ...
DWP makes few concessions on improving engagement with Disabled people
24 July 2022 | News
... of keeping the voices of Disabled people at the heart of health and disability policy development and delivery. ... or facing other challenges In its own September 2021 Health and Disability Green Paper , the DWP repeatedly ...