Epilepsy and Welfare Benefits
If you have epilepsy, what are you entitled to and how do you claim? Turn2us has been frequently hearing from people with epilepsy saying they are struggling to get access to welfare benefits such as...
Category: Focus on Disability
New NHS ‘Help Us, Help You’ Campaign Supports the Public to Stay Well over the Winter Months
This winter, NHS England and Public Health England are helping the public to better understand what actions they can take to manage their own health and get the best out of their NHS with the...
What to Do If You Think Someone You Know Has Dementia
Have you ever noticed that your parent’s memory is declining? Or perhaps your partners statements aren’t quite as coherent as they used to be? Well, you’re in a tough position if you think that you’re...
“I will never stop doing this!” – A Turn2us Volunteer
Meet Turn2us volunteer, Jean Quayle. Volunteer Visitors play a crucial role in helping Turn2us support our grant recipients as much as possible. We take so much pride in our incredible army of Volunteers, many of...
The NHS app: will it work?
Matthew Honeyman writing at The King’s Fund: It is fitting the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, is the only MP to have his own app. The NHS is getting...
Shambolic” Universal Credit may never realise promised benefits
A devastating report published today by the NAO concludes that “Universal Credit has not delivered value for money and it is uncertain that it ever will”. The report catalogues a series of extraordinary failures of...
Transformational change in health and care: five small steps to make a big difference
Durka Dougall writing at the King’s Fund: The growing demands in the health and care service reinforce the need for transformation. Much has been achieved already but more is needed, for example by focusing on...
Act F.A.S.T campaign returns to empower people to call 999 at any sign of a stroke
Public Health England, working closely with Stroke Association, has relaunched the national “Act F.A.S.T.” stroke campaign. The campaign raises awareness for the signs of stroke and reinforces the importance of acting F.A.S.T. and calling 999 if...
State of health and care in England
Chris Ham at the King’s Fund writes: Services are at full stretch and struggling to maintain standards The annual assessment of health and social care by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) provides a veritable treasure trove...
By the third week of the sanction I was only eating once a day !!
Read how benefit sanctions can affect people’s lives A sanction is a cut or temporary cessation in your benefit if you fail to meet your claimant commitment without good reason. If you do this on...