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Government Avoids Welfare Reform Bill Defeat After Last Minute PIP Concessions
02 July 2025 | News
... of PIP Increasing the rate of the universal credit ‘health’ element for those who are already entitled to the ... 9 th July. It is vital that MPs again rebel so that the health element cut for new claimants is removed. As Ellen ... Government’s intention to press ahead with cuts to the health top-up of Universal Credit for people newly disabled ...
New Care and Support Alliance survey reveals shocking picture of neglect in care system
09 May 2018 | News
... to an open letter to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, highlighting the urgent need for him ... NHS is picking up the bill as people are pushed into ill health and crisis because of a lack of basic help. “The ... in England. Footnotes 1) Age UK, February 2017, Briefing: Health and Care of Older People in England 2017 2) The ...
90% Of PIP Standard Daily Living Component Recipients Would Fail New Green Paper Test
23 April 2025 | News
... There is very little support available for claimants whose health conditions may limit their ability to pursue an ... a new, single assessment for PIP and the universal credit health element, the result will be damaging to many ... for Personal Independence Payment and reducing the health component of Universal Credit, will drive millions of ...
International Day of Disabled People: leading us into the future
02 December 2015 | News
... leaders and influencers living openly with a disability or health condition. Not just at the top in our company ... hotels, innovation start-ups, engineering companies, health services, government departments and everywhere else. ...
My NHS Database
18 September 2014 | News
... you use The database covers: Hospitals Social care Public Health services Public Health outcomes Information on Care Provides is also ...
Election manifestos 2015
06 May 2015 | News
... instead relying on the judgement of GPs or other health professionals. Increase the budget for Disability ... care need. Retain the Independent Living Fund. Integrate health and care services so as to look after carers as well ... in the transition to adult life, in childcare, in healthcare and in the benefits system. Equality and ...
Accessing green space: stories from Sheffield
17 November 2023 | News
... barriers that disabled people, and people with long-term health conditions, face when trying to access local parks ... But how can you enjoy those places if, due to a long-term health condition your only means of getting there is by car, ... so that more disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, who rely on cars as their main mode of ...
Civil servant says DWP wants to merge PIP and Universal Credit
29 November 2021 | News
... Universal Credit was first suggested in July in the Health and Disability green paper, Shaping Future Support ... PIP and Universal Credit is not a fanciful one. The recent Health and Disability Green Paper suggests the idea of a ...
Claimant views on ways to improve PIP and ESA questionnaires: new DWP research
25 July 2021 | News
... captures the full and complex impacts of certain health conditions and disabilities. It was clear that ... PIP claimants. More routing throughout or separate mental health and physical condition questionnaires; More ... the deadline. ESA claimants also said: • Place the mental health relevant questions earlier in the form and prompts ...
Energy impairment and disability inclusion: improving policies for welfare and work
26 April 2021 | News
... diagnosis, or through the catch-all term ‘long-term health conditions’. This report contends that people with ... discrete sub-group of Disabled people. Work can be bad for health with ELCI. Energy impairment affects the amount, ...