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  1. CRS_Nov16_transforming_our_justice_system.pdf

    Consultation Response Age UK’s Response to the Ministry of Justice Consultation Transforming our justice system: assisted digital strategy, online conviction and statutory fines November 2016 Ref ... that the availability of oral hearings for appeals must remain as a central feature of the tribunals system where this is the appellant’s preference. Research looking at appeal tribunal outcomes from the

  2. CRS_Jan15_Payment_systems_regulation.pdf

    Payment Systems Regulation: Call for Inputs Ref: 0115 January 2015 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes ... Conduct Authority (FCA) to establish a new regulator for payment systems in the UK. This new regulator, currently referred to as the Payment Systems Regulator or PSR was incorporated as a subsidiary of the FCA

  3. Changes to the benefit system

    Information about how the benefits system is changing, following the Welfare Reform Act.

  4. CRS_April14_Payment_Systems_Regulation.pdf

    Payment Systems Regulation: Call for Inputs Ref: 0314 April 2014 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes ... Conduct Authority (FCA) to establish a new regulator for payment systems in the UK. This new regulator, currently referred to as the Payment Systems Regulator or PSR was incorporated as a subsidiary of the FCA

  5. GIFTS_system_guide v1 4.pdf

    Grant Management System Age UK Grants Management System – GIFTS Online System Guide for Applicants and Grantees July 2018 v1.4 - July 2018 Age UK Grant Management System Introduction to GIFTS ... management from receipt of proposal through to monitoring and evaluation and finally to closure. The system facilitates the collection and tracking of qualitative / quantitative information needed for assessment

  6. Changes to landline telephones

    network’. Landlines will still exist, and you can still have a phone line in your home - but the system that underpins it will be different. The changeover needs to happen by December 2025, as this is ... the current landline network run isn’t fit for the future and needs to be upgraded. The new system will use the internet to make phone calls. Phone and broadband companies are leading this change

  7. BT’s Digital Switchover – Q & A

    attached).    Some people reported being switched to the digital system without prior notice.   BT uses an automated system that requires their customers to provide permission before they are switched ... BT are currently working on a system to circumvent poor broadband.  Until that system is fully developed people living in such areas will remain on their analogue system.    Will people using

  8. Assistive technology

    a glucose meter can keep a check on your blood sugar levels. You can also get a low blood sugar alarm that looks like a wristwatch. You wear it at night to warn you if your blood sugar drops when you’re ... assistance.  For example, the alert might get sent if you left the gas on by accident, or a personal alarm would allow you to call for help if you had a fall. There are different ways you can access telecare

  9. Sheltered housing and extra-care housing

    include: help from a scheme manager (warden), or support staff 24-hour emergency help through an alarm system communal areas, such as gardens or lounges social activities for residents. Features vary from ... and maintaining any lifts and security systems, and building insurance. It may include charges for support services such as the scheme manager and emergency alarm. At each scheme, check: how much the service

  10. Falls Prevention

    by discussing your risk of falling with your doctor and consider if you need to install a personal alarm in the home. Talk to your doctor Contact your surgery and ask if your doctor can perform a falls risk ... likely to fall. They may also draw up an action plan to reduce your risk of falling. Personal alarms Personal alarms allow you to call for help, for example, if you’re unwell or have a fall and can’t

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