the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues
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 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 […]
Some of the few disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) that the government claims took part in the “engagement” process that led up to its social care white paper have suggested that their views and concerns have been ignored. The Department of Health […]
The government’s long-awaited adult social care white paper has appalled campaigners by failing to address the social care funding crisis. The white paper, People at the Heart of Care, is more than 100 pages long, but it says nothing new about […]