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APDA, DR UK and DPAC make stand against austerity
18 March 2019 | News
... borrow money that they are ill-equipped to repay. With many health, social care and public transport services devolved, ... detention/forced treatment powers contained in mental health legislation A shortfall in housing that meets the ...
NHS financial sustainability dependent on spending review says NAO
17 January 2019 | News
... showed that financial problems in the NHS were ongoing. Health Trusts continually needed extra money to keep the ... to know the level of settlement for other key areas of health spending in the Spending Review later in the year to ... of the Spending Review for the non-NHS England parts of the health service, and the funding for social care.” Amyas ...
DWP to decide PIP claims using unlawful and discriminatory rules until summer 2018
19 April 2018 | News
... as it affects an estimated 164,000 claimants with mental health conditions. Esther McVey has now announced that both ... were “blatantly discriminatory against those with mental health impairments. “And that the Government “wish to ... £1 billion a year at the expense of those with mental health impairments is not a reasonable foundation for ...
DR UK calls for new assessment approach for PIP as Atos and Capita get £40m increase
04 February 2018 | News
... out of 10 appeals are successful. Atos and Capita rely on healthcare professionals who are cheaper than doctors or ... for example, are wrongly assessing people with mental health conditions. The Government should be looking ... approximately 66 per cent of PIP recipients with mental health conditions receive the higher rate of the benefit, ...
Our response to the Blue Badge scheme consultation on eligibility
15 March 2018 | News
... and substantial” to “enduring and substantial” that healthcare professionals other than GPs undertake mobility ... will mean that those disabled people with a severe mental health condition who live in England will rightly achieve ... be independent be removed – this allows a range of healthcare professionals with specific expertise (other than ...
Debt charities urge Ofgem to protect people with energy debt
08 August 2022 | News
... energy use – putting at risk their physical and mental health. The charities’ findings show that: Energy arrears, ...
Inspiring Stephen Hawking speech at Jack Ashley memorial event
13 March 2018 | News
... He reiterated the criticism of the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, he and Professor Winston and ... the more private monopolies grow, and the more expensive health care becomes.’ The NHS is not only the most human ...
DUP sign Confidence and Supply Agreement with Government
25 June 2017 | News
... per year for two years to address immediate pressures in health and education £100 million per year for two years to ... the Northern Ireland Executive’s delivery of its priority health service transformation £10 million per year for five years towards mental health support There are also commitments regarding: ...
DR UK delivers climate statement to COP27
29 November 2022 | News
... systems and transportation, as well as generally poor health, health care access, and housing, people with disabilities ...
UK On Track For Lowest Ever Benefit Levels By 2030
10 October 2023 | News
... state through issues such as worsening physical and mental health. Evidence also shows how low benefits make it ...