This would be welcome and in addition, let’s make support and pathways to it fit for purpose for carers of all ages with it underpin by national carer strategy, register and covenant plus an independent commissioner. Also needed is an overhaul of DWP vulnerable customer identification and support.

For information about the Panel see www.fca.org.uk/panels/consu...

As always with AtW, we will have to wait and see how this is implemented and how individual Case Managers interpret the guidance…I urge caution and flexibility as we collectively seek to both get, and keep, Britain 🇬🇧 working and earning.

#AtW #AccessToWork

- Monitors and monitor arms
- Remarkable tablets and such productivity devices

This change will potentially be significant for many applicants and employers - particularly so businesses given increased NI costs on UK firms …

- Reading support devices (such as magnifiers, colour overlays, overlays to minimise glare/lighting)
- Project management software
- Voice recorders
- Mental Health management software
- Writing and reading support software…

- Reading support devices (such as magnifiers, colour overlays, overlays to minimise glare/lighting)
- Project management software
- Voice recorders
- Mental Health management software
- Writing and reading support software
- Laptops and laptop stands…

- Headphones, headsets and microphones
- Document holders
- Back support, footrests, foot stools, arm rests, wrist support devices, etc.
- Telephone adaptors…

In these latest updates AtW have clarified what they consider to be 'standard business items' which won't be funded, such as;
- Chairs (including ergonomic)
- Desks (including ergonomic, standing, adjustable, etc)
- Keyboards (including ergonomic)
- Mice (including ergonomic)…

4. Removing flexibility to allow small increases in support without the need to raise a Change of Circumstance.

Access to Work have always worked on the basis that they provide support 'above and beyond Reasonable Adjustments' and they don't fund 'standard business items'…

The areas of change are:

1. Special Aides and Equipment - more pushback onto employers.
2. Hard limits on Support Worker hourly rates
3. Stricter rules and criteria for awarding Job Aide Support Workers …

And for more detail see Alice’s LinkedIn post …AtW are making changes to operational delivery, with s 'go-live' date of 6th May. They will affect all decisions made after this date, whether they are on new applications, reconsiderations, renewals or changes of circumstances…

these changes are likely to be significant for everyone including claimants (new and current), employers, and service providers … Particularly as we collectively strive to both get, and keep Britain 🇬🇧 working … A short summary of the proposed changes follows…

Let’s create UK workplaces, safe places and ecosystems where everyone can thrive and both get, and keep … Britain working and earning.

#LetsFixBritain 🇬🇧

It has links to useful resources to enable employers to become more confident when attracting, recruiting, developing and retaining disabled people ( + personal disclosure, disabled people like me )…

updated Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) guidance and information for employers … And it’s purpose of helping employers and managers improve their understanding of disability and assisting them recruit and support disabled people and those with long term health conditions in work …