Equipment providers will be called upon by NHS trusts to supply and install Changing Places and all the hoists and specialist aids within them
Funding
Wheelchair voucher replacement is being rolled out so that disabled people can have more say in what kind of mobility equipment they use
Parliamentary figures show that just 12% of DLA claimants are better off when it comes to mobility award when they move onto PIP
Unnecessary disability reassessments for disabled pensioners to be phased out following Amber Rudd’s announcement in March
At the end of financial year Newport Council will allocate enough funding to keep just one of four services going meaning local Shopmobility could face closure
Local authorities are being offered tips on how to effectively execute equipment installations after concerns grants are being delivered inefficiently
Essex County Council adjusts its disability-related expenditure to save itself £5m a year but some locals are unhappy with alleged impact on disabled people
Constituents tell Laura Pidcock that disability assessments feel like ‘psychological rape’ and should be a last resort
Yate Shopmobility receives £5,000 donation allowing it to keep operating through this year and into 2020
Grimsby Town FC hopes to use funds to install disabled toilets and an industrial stairlift so that its outdated facilities comply with regulations
