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<p>We have taken your PQ to refer to support for people with Acquired Brain Injury.
People who are unable to work because they are disabled or have a health condition,
including people who have Acquired Brain Injury, may be eligible for Employment and
Support Allowance (ESA) or Universal Credit (UC). Extra costs benefits, including
Personal Independence Payment (PIP), are also available to help people with long-term
health conditions or disabilities. PIP can be paid in addition to other benefits and
support, including benefits which may help with the costs of living.</p><p> </p><p>The
Work Capability Assessment (WCA) determines entitlement to ESA and the additional
health-related element of UC. A case discussion about the needs of claimants with
Acquired Brain Injury forms part of new entrant training for all WCA assessors, who
also have access to a self-directed learning module on Acquired Brain Injury which
was updated this year and quality assured by Headway, the brain injury association.
Headway is also a member of the WCA provider’s customer representative group.</p><p>
</p><p>Acquired Brain Injury is incorporated into training for PIP Health Professionals,
who all have access to a Condition Insight Report on brain injury that was updated
in 2020 and completed in collaboration with Headway. The PIP Forum regularly consults
with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that PIP meets the needs of its claimants.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The National Disability Strategy aims to improve disabled people’s
everyday lives. Our long term vision is to transform disabled people’s day-to-day
lives. The strategy offers both a positive vision for long term societal change and
a wide-ranging, practical plan for action now.</p><p>Although progress has been made
over recent decades on accessibility and inclusion, far too often obstacles remain.
The strategy sets out probably the widest-ranging set of practical actions to improve
the lives of disabled people ever developed, across jobs, housing, transport, education,
shopping, culture, justice, public services, and data and evidence.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
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