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The government has abandoned its pledge to consult on three improvements to the scheme that funds disabled people to make access improvements to their homes, Disability News Service can reveal. Ministers promised in their People at the Heart of Care white […]
The government has admitted it has a “limited” understanding of the abuse of disabled people at the hands of their carers and care workers in their own homes. The government review calls for a “stronger” response to protect disabled and older […]
The government is refusing to reveal any plans it had to protect disabled people who rely on life-saving medical equipment in their homes if there were power blackouts during the winter fuel crisis. Even though the risk of power cuts is […]
The government has refused to explain why it has not met its pledge to consult on three planned improvements to the scheme that funds disabled people to make access improvements to their homes. The People at the Heart of Care white […]
Disabled campaigners are calling on the government to halt its reform of the Mental Health Act until there is a public inquiry into the “appalling failings, abuse and high levels of deaths” in mental health services across England. They say that […]
Ministers from three separate government departments have refused to say if they have any plans to protect disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes if there are power blackouts this winter. Ministers from the Department […]
The government has again failed to show how it will protect disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes if there are power blackouts this winter, despite serious concerns being raised by public health experts. The […]
There is growing alarm over the government’s “appalling” and “deeply concerning” failure to show that disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes will be protected if there are power blackouts this winter. It is now […]
NHS bodies have this week been unable to point to any evidence that plans have been drawn up to protect people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes, in the event of power blackouts this winter. It […]
New figures have revealed the steadily-worsening state of adult social care, and how disabled people are increasingly reporting concerns about the quality and safety of services, seven weeks after the government last had a minister for social care in post. As […]