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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 […]
A local authority appears to have ignored three warnings that a former Mencap advisor – who has previously been arrested over two unconnected rape allegations – is being allowed to spend time with disabled service-users with high support needs. Brian McGinnis […]
Ministers have refused to say why the number of disabled people having benefits temporarily removed for breaching strict conditions has soared in the first three months of this year. The new figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show […]
The government has been accused of failing in its duty of care towards disabled people, after an inquest heard how a disabled woman wrote a suicide note blaming the “bedroom tax” for her decision to kill herself. Stephanie Bottrill, from Solihull, […]
A new forum is looking for six disabled people to play a vital role in ensuring that one of the capital’s largest regeneration schemes is accessible to disabled people. The £4 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood scheme will create a new town […]
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been ridiculed for delivering a major speech about his sweeping welfare reforms, without mentioning the disastrous impact that many of the changes are having on disabled people. Duncan Smith spoke of how the […]
The police watchdog has refused to say whether it is concerned about a force which has been criticised four times in just three years over its policies and procedures on disability. Last week, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) detailed how […]