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Watchdog threatens government with legal action over ‘unacceptable’ detentions

By John Pring on 28th July 2022 Category: Human Rights

Watchdog threatens government with legal action over ‘unacceptable’ detentions
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The human rights watchdog is threatening to take legal action against the government for failing to “go far enough” in its plan to cut the number of disabled people inappropriately detained in secure hospitals. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) […]

Ministers ignore funding call as progress on institutional care grinds to a halt

By John Pring on 21st July 2022 Category: Human Rights

Ministers ignore funding call as progress on institutional care grinds to a halt
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Ministers have ignored calls from their own consultants to invest more money in cutting the number of people with learning difficulties and autistic people in inpatient mental health settings, despite new figures showing progress has ground to a halt. The figures […]

Covid inquiry ‘must examine catastrophic impact of pandemic on disabled people’

By John Pring on 30th June 2022 Category: Human Rights

Covid inquiry ‘must examine catastrophic impact of pandemic on disabled people’
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The COVID-19 public inquiry must dedicate “time and resources” to hearing directly from disabled people themselves so that it can examine the “catastrophic” impact the pandemic has had on them, according to a leading user-led organisation. Inclusion London spoke out this […]

Disabled activists will push for changes to draft mental health bill that ‘breaches rights’

By John Pring on 30th June 2022 Category: Human Rights

Disabled activists will push for changes to draft mental health bill that ‘breaches rights’
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Disabled activists have pledged to push for changes to the government’s new draft mental health bill because it is set to retain “fundamental human rights breaches”. Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid this week published the draft bill, which he […]

‘Feeble’ human rights watchdog should lose its ‘A’ rating, DPAC tells international body

By John Pring on 16th June 2022 Category: Human Rights

‘Feeble’ human rights watchdog should lose its ‘A’ rating, DPAC tells international body
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Disabled activists have told an international human rights alliance that the UK’s “feeble” human rights body should have its prestigious “A” rating removed, because it has become a cheerleader for the UK government. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) said the Equality […]

Discrimination could be a cause of increased risk of Covid death, says ONS

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Human Rights

Discrimination could be a cause of increased risk of Covid death, says ONS
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Some of disabled people’s increased risk of death from Covid could be due to the discrimination they face, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has concluded. A new study into disabled people’s Covid-related deaths in England through the three waves of […]

Queen’s speech: Campaigners raise concerns over ‘flawed’ Mental Health Act reforms

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Human Rights

Queen’s speech: Campaigners raise concerns over ‘flawed’ Mental Health Act reforms
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Disabled campaigners have raised concerns about a Mental Health Act reform bill which the government plans to introduce in the new session of parliament. Although many of the proposals to be included in what will be a draft bill were widely […]

Concern as NHS England blocks bid to see reviews of ‘unsafe’ SIM scheme

By John Pring on 14th April 2022 Category: Human Rights

Concern as NHS England blocks bid to see reviews of ‘unsafe’ SIM scheme
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NHS England is unlawfully blocking attempts to see reviews carried out across the country into the use of a mental health scheme that disabled campaigners have branded unethical, unlawful and unsafe. The reviews were announced last spring following mounting concerns about […]

‘Significant progress’ needed on disability rights in Wales, says report for UN committee

By John Pring on 7th April 2022 Category: Human Rights

‘Significant progress’ needed on disability rights in Wales, says report for UN committee
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A “significant amount of progress” still needs to be made on implementing the UN disability convention in Wales, according to a new report co-produced by disabled people. Disability Wales has been working with disabled people across Wales on the “shadow report”, […]

Not one recommendation achieved, two years after CQC restraint and seclusion review

By John Pring on 31st March 2022 Category: Human Rights

Not one recommendation achieved, two years after CQC restraint and seclusion review
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Not a single one of the 17 recommendations made two years ago by a government-commissioned review into the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation of disabled people has been carried out, the care regulator has concluded. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said […]

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