Nov
23
2010
NAT welcomes the findings within independent review of WCA
NAT welcomes the findings, released today, within Professor Malcolm Harrington’s independent review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)*. We fully support the call for change to ‘improve the fairness and effectiveness of the WCA’ by improving transparency, empathy and communication within the assessment process for Employment Support Allowance (ESA).
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Nov
17
2010
NAT comments on Government plans to cut access to Legal Aid
Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of NAT (National AIDS Trust), comments:
‘NAT is extremely disappointed by the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s proposals to cut access to legal aid for individuals pursuing employment cases, including cases of workplace discrimination and unfair dismissal. The announcement comes just six weeks after the Equality Act came into effect, which introduced new legal protections against discrimination in employment for people with disabilities, including HIV. This appears to be a case of ‘what the Government giveth, the Government taketh away’, providing new rights and protections through legislation and then removing the means of asserting these rights.
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Nov
09
2010
Spending Review acknowledges continuing importance of HIV social care
Following a recent campaign led by NAT (National AIDS Trust) to protect funding for social care services in England for people living with HIV, the Government has committed in the recent Spending Review to take account of HIV social care needs within the overall local authority grant over the next five years. Furthermore, funding linked to ‘AIDS Support’ will increase from £25.5 million in this year to £36.2 million by 2014/15.
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