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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Charities call for delivery charges and minimum spends to be scrapped for shielders
15 December 2020 | News
... for action as people who cannot shop in supermarkets due to health risks – and at the advice of the Government – are ... to shop in supermarkets due to their age or underlying health conditions should not have to pay online delivery ... for those who are unable to shop in supermarkets due to the health risk. DR UK’s Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi said: ...
New Universal Personalised Care Model launched
30 January 2019 | News
... and local government, and organisations from across health, care, voluntary and community-based sectors, as well ... the same choice and control over their mental and physical health that they have come to expect in every other aspect ...
New research reveals care funding postcode lottery
22 April 2018 | News
... them denied access to vital NHS funding. The NHS continuing healthcare scheme is administered by local CCGs, whose ... shows just how ridiculous the current funding system for health and social care is. It cannot be right that someone ... realise just how much they have to pay. At DRUK we think health and social care costs should be covered by general ...
Real terms funding for England's parks down £330m a year since 2010
23 August 2022 | News
... the pandemic how local green spaces are vital to people's health and wellbeing, and now, with the Cost of Living ... but the decline of these spaces, which offer so many health and wellbeing benefits a longside a space for ... will ultimately put pressure on other services, as people's health and wellbeing suffer the negative impacts. ” Real ...