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The government has produced a low-key report that summarises progress on its disability strategy, Fulfilling Potential. New documents published today (Thursday) aim to bring the strategy up-to-date and “show the progress that’s been made” across areas such as accessible information, improving […]
A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) with an “amazing” reputation among service-users could be forced to close after losing out to a much larger national charity. Real has been providing direct payments support to disabled people in the London borough of Tower […]
Disabled activists have welcomed the UN’s apparent decision to launch an inquiry into allegations of “grave or systematic” violations of its disability convention by the UK government. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last week that the UN’s Committee on the Rights […]
The government has refused to act after fresh allegations emerged of a special school shutting disabled children in “safe rooms” as a punishment. The allegations concerning the school in Stoke-on-Trent mean that the Department for Education (DfE) and its education watchdog […]
Activists have praised the “quiet determination” of a dedicated disabled campaigner who has died suddenly at the age of 45. Nicholas Russell’s death, from a heart attack, has drawn tributes from across the disability and Labour movements. Among his roles, he […]
The independent expert responsible for overseeing the safety of vulnerable adults in Doncaster has defended a review he commissioned into a major abuse scandal, even though it failed to examine key mistakes by health and criminal justice agencies. The serious case […]
The care watchdog has finally agreed to ask the government to close an “extraordinary” loophole in regulations that was exposed by a day centre abuse scandal. The admission by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) came after it made only a half-hearted […]
The care watchdog has admitted failing to investigate whether a nursing assistant who was cleared of abusing disabled service-users should have been allowed to return to her job with an NHS trust. Julie Burge was cleared of all three charges against […]
New research funding could see disabled people become pioneers in a “new industrial revolution”, according to a user-led organisation. The funding has been secured by Disability Rights UK (DR UK), the University of Salford and the University of Dundee, for a […]
The UK government appears to have become the first country to face a high-level inquiry by a United Nations committee, as a result of “grave or systemic violations” of the rights of disabled people. The committee has the power to launch […]