The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is keen to hear views from a wide group of citizens, especially disabled people and disability organisations.
This consultation applies to England, Wales and Scotland. Social security is devolved in Northern Ireland however we welcome comments from individuals and organisations in Northern Ireland, which will then be shared with the Department for Communities.
This interactive dashboard allows you to explore data from NHS Digital on GPs and GP practices. It provides a map and list of GP practices in each constituency in England, information on whether the number of GPs has risen or fallen since 2016, and data on the ratio of patients to GPs in each area.
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The increasing number of working-age individuals in the UK unable to work due to sickness or disability is a growing concern. Unless steps are taken to improve the health of individuals, there is a risk of a significant number of people spending a decade or more in retirement on disability benefits.
This dashboard has statistics on Universal Credit by constituency in Great Britain, including the Library’s estimate of how far caseload rollout has progressed.
Find out how to make complaints about NHS care and treatment in England.
All areas of the country now have local suicide prevention plans and suicide bereavement services, supported by a £57 million investment through the NHS Long Term Plan. We have seen one of the lowest ever suicide rates (in 2017) and collective efforts to improve patient safety led to a 35% fall in suicides in mental health inpatient settings in England between 2010 and 2020.
However, while overall the current suicide rate is not significantly higher than in 2012, the rate is not falling. There is therefore much more we must all do to save more lives.
Charity Homeless Link has published its annual research report on the state of the homeless sector, which reveals that the funding for and availability of homelessness support is shrinking at the same time as demand is increasing.
The Homelessness Monitor: England 2023 was commissioned by Crisis and led by Heriot-Watt University, as part of the Homelessness Monitor series, a longitudinal study providing independent analysis of the homelessness impacts of recent economic and policy developments in England. The research takes stock of homelessness in 2023 and the five year period before this. It also highlights emerging trends and forecasts some of the likely future changes, identifying the developments likely to have the most significant impacts on homelessness.
One in two working private renters in England – 3.2 million adults – wouldn’t have enough in savings to pay their rent for more than a month if they lost their job, new research by Shelter reveals. And shockingly, 2.2 million renters (34%) would be immediately unable to pay their rent from their savings if they lost their job.