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  • Charities and organisations say adult social care is at breaking point

    21 March 2019 | News

    ... of Adult Social Care Association of Directors of Public Health Care and Support Alliance (DR UK is a member) Care ...

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  • NAO review of the role and costs of clinical commissioning groups

    19 December 2018 | News

    ... they are responsible. They were established as part of the Health and Social Care Act in 2012 and replaced primary care ... of their engagement with CCGs, neither the Department of Health and Social Care nor NHS England have undertaken an ... will make it more difficult for CCGs to design local health services that are responsive to patients’ needs. ...

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  • New Radicals 2018: Making a difference for disabled people

    16 September 2018 | News

    ... - Understanding autism Jane Douthwaite - Improving healthcare Ivor Williams - Improvements to end-of-life care ...

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  • DR UK holds first Get Yourself Active learning event

    26 September 2017 | News

    ... disabled people’s user led organisations, social care, health and sport sector organisations. The first event is ... Centre for Independent Living . We aim to work with the health, social care and sports sectors to develop better ...

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  • BIHR publishes UN Universal Periodic Review report

    22 September 2016 | News

    ... approaches to law, policy and service development in mental health in compliance with human rights standards Remove the ... older people receive adequate and consistent access to healthcare   BIHR publishes UN Universal Periodic Review ...

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  • Public consultation on DSA changes says Govt

    14 June 2015 | News

    ... allowance. This can provide support to students with mental health issues. In the academic year 2012-13, just over £127 ... to their chosen course of study. Students with mental health difficulties can apply for the full range of support ... claim it. Under the proposed changes, students with mental health conditions will continue to have access to DSA-funded ...

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  • The Urgent Need For An Independent Advisory Panel On DWP-Related Deaths: “evidence is overwhelming”

    10 March 2025 | News

    ... “More than anything else, this government induced public health crisis is enforced by the impact of the negative and ... evidence demonstrating the government induced public health crisis. “ This is generated by successive social policy reforms and is negatively impacting on the health, wellbeing and survival of those in greatest need, 12 ...

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  • DR UK joins call for a 'social infrastructure' Budget

    10 March 2020 | News

    ... including spending on social infrastructure such as health, education or care as a form of infrastructure ... spend”. As with physical infrastructure, spending on health, care and education have benefits for wider society ...

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  • One year on budget cuts make Care Act “less effective”

    31 March 2016 | News

    A year after it was introduced, Disability Rights UKs legal partners, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, say that budget cuts and a lack of compliance from local authorities are making The Care Act less effective than hoped.

     When it was brought in last April, the Care Act 2014 was billed as the biggest change to adult social care for more than 20 years, which aimed to give disabled adults and their carers a greater understanding of their rights.

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  • Government’s poverty lie: Universal Credit Bill changes will still push 100,000 into poverty

    14 July 2025 | News

    ... that one of the effects of the bill is to almost halve the health element payable to future claimants from April ... risk much harder to meet for claimants with mental health conditions. “But its changes to the WCA were never ... third reading on 9 July. It includes the reduction of the health top-up for new UC claims to £50 per week from April ...

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