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Disabled people who need more than eight hours of long-term healthcare a day should be pushed into residential care rather than being allowed to continue living at home, according to a policy introduced by NHS bosses. The NHS Continuing Healthcare Choice […]
MPs have been told that the adult social care system is “unsustainable” without significant further resources, with one council revealing that the number of adults it supports has plunged by nearly half since 2010. Members of the communities and local government […]
Mental health survivors and psychologists have joined forces for a conference that has highlighted the extreme damage caused by welfare reform, and has suggested how mental health professionals can help in the fight to improve the benefit system. The Psychologists and […]
Two groups have been chosen to set up new centres for independent living (CIL) in Wales, doubling the number of CILs in the country. The new centres will be located in Ceredigion, in the west of the country, and Flintshire, in […]
A disabled activist has told a parliamentary committee that the Scottish government should “speak out more forcefully” about disabled benefit claimants who have died as a result of the “fitness for work” test. John McArdle, co-founder of the Scottish grassroots campaign […]
Sculptures of figures falling down, fat activism, and a dance performance dedicated to the disabled victims of the Nazi euthanasia programme will all feature in DaDaFest’s 13th festival of disability and Deaf arts, which begins next month. DaDaFest said the Liverpool-based […]
Iain Duncan Smith has denied responsibility for the deaths of people with mental health conditions who took their own lives after being unfairly found fit for work by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Duncan Smith was speaking to Disability […]
The government has confirmed that sick and disabled people who will soon be spared reassessments for out-of-work benefits will still face repeated testing for personal independence payment (PIP). Work and pensions secretary Damian Green’s one key announcement during this week’s party […]
Government ministers know their “fitness for work” system is making disabled people’s health worse, and is increasing the risk of suicides, the award-winning film director Ken Loach has told Disability News Service (DNS). He was speaking ahead of the national release […]
The Conservative party has refused to explain why ministers appear to have dodged any mention or discussion of the social care crisis at this week’s annual conference. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who has responsibility for both health and social care, delivered […]