AWARENESS of mental health problems has increased dramatically in recent years, partly due to high profile celebrities speaking out about their experiences, but also as a result of national and local campaigns to reduce the stigma. Recently however, there have been discussions around whether these campaigns are actually doing more harm than good.
Some taxi services in Wales are refusing to pick up passengers who use wheelchairs or assistance dogs, a campaign group has claimed. Disability Wales said people are being ignored and refused cab journeys leaving them "stranded and humiliated".
DR UK were one of several disability charities that took part from October 2016 in discussions with the DWP on how it should ensure that disabled people with severe, lifelong conditions were not compelled to attend unnecessary repeat WCAs.
Reacting to today's (Thursday 28 September) announcement to defer decision on funding of sleep-in overnight care for a further month, pending more in-depth analysis of liabilities, Royal Mencap Society Chairman, Derek Lewis said:
Previously HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issued a statement, in July 2017, which suspended enforcement activity concerning payment of "sleep-in" shifts by social care providers, until 2 October 2017.
Another motion, which was successful in the emergency motion ballot, will be debated on Monday, was on the chaos around the Implementation of Universal Credit.