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The SEND Review: why Austerity is still the watchword
07 October 2022 | News
... like the SEND Review. For example, the current Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) is a progression from the ... being more difficult to obtain, and including aspects of health and care as well as education, the framework of the ...
Prescription charge rise hits patients say PCC
31 March 2015 | News
... 40 charities representing millions of people with long-term health conditions, today condemned the latest rise in ... to cost the NHS more in the long-run as it leads to poor health, increased admissions to hospital and lower ...
Fabian Society launches "Road map to a National Care Service" report."
15 June 2023 | News
... Fabian Society thinktank, which was requested by the shadow health secretary Wes Streeting , and commissioned by the ... Ben Cooper, Andrew Harrop and Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, and Christina McAnea, the General ... solutions. Hearing few actual commitments from the shadow Health Secretary when he spoke at the launch wasn't very ...
Three quarters of people referred to Trussell Trust food banks report that they or a member of their household is Disabled
04 July 2023 | News
... food aid. The trust stresses that disability and ill-health significantly increase a person’s likelihood of ... and often overlap, but all conditions – from mental health issues, to physical and learning disabilities – are ... people who are affected by a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability; insufficient income from ...
The Demands For Disability and Climate Justice - Our Political Landscape Is Failing Us
20 February 2024 | News
... Rights UK wanted to hear. A better, cleaner, and healthier environment, if achieved in the right way, could ... our social and physical environment and improved our health. An upgrade to public transport infrastructure, ...
Ideal for All faces closure
29 July 2013 | News
... people in Sandwell. We provide a range of social and health care services for disabled people, carers and ... Our range of services promotes independent living, health and wellbeing and we bring people together through ... Ideal for All has been recognised as a thought leader in health and social care and has won numerous awards for ...
Government must listen to families of Disabled children on school attendance
02 March 2022 | News
... defiant truancy, but caused by a genuine impairment or health condition, such as poor mental health resulting from a lack of meaningful SEND provision. ...
Blind woman secures promises from government to provide accessible pandemic communications
24 March 2021 | News
... The hearing was due to consider Sarah’s challenge to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s practice of sending hard ... four letters were sent to Sarah from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about shielding during 2020, ...
Doctors assumed Disabled people not capable of discussing care
03 March 2021 | News
... report shows this to be the case. The NHS and professional health bodies, need to take urgent action to challenge ... attitudes and poor processes, which are putting our health and our lives at risk.” Find out more about the ...
DWP help with benefits if you have accessibility needs
05 May 2020 | News
... difficulties claiming benefits because of a disability or health condition. The new web page is to be regularly ... The DWP says it can make adjustments if your disability or health condition means that you have: Difficulty using the ...