Disability Advice & Information in Peterborough
Newslink August 2018 – Open in new window
The Disabled People’s Organisation is asking for support with some work they are undertaking with The Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC are asking for disabled people and their families to complete a survey under the Read more…
Whilst Disability Peterborough is strongly supportive of Purple Tuesday (The UK’s accessible shopping day) event taking place nationally on 13th November 2018, unfortunately this year the very short notice given to us means that we could not participate as we would have liked to. We have already started talking to colleagues in Peterborough about events that we can work on for next year. If any disabled individuals or local businesses would like to join us we are putting together a working group to support the 2019 event.
Former Government head slams PIP assessments as ‘Kafka-esque’. A former top civil servant has criticised the disability benefits assessment system as a “hostile environment” after being told he was ineligible for support despite having Parkinson’s and terminal prostate cancer.