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Stig Langvad sits with headphones on in UN debating chamber

June 28, 2018 0

Watchdog’s barrister calls for legal right to independent living

Legal advice commissioned by the equality and human rights watchdog has called for disabled people to have a legal right to independent living. The barrister was asked by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) last year to examine if there needed to be a right to independent living in law for disabled people,

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June 28, 2018 0

Research shows impact of ILF closure on London councils

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One in three London councils have cut the care packages of more than a third of disabled people who were previously receiving support from the Independent Living Fund (ILF), following its closure, according to new research. The user-led research shows a “postcode lottery” in how different local authorities across the capital have responded to

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Sue Bott giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

June 21, 2018 0

Government’s social care funding failure ‘is terrible news for disabled people’

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Disabled campaigners have reacted with alarm to the government’s decision that it will not address the social care funding crisis until the end of next year, despite announcing billions of pounds a year extra for the NHS. Despite saying in a speech that ministers “know we need to improve social care”, prime minister Theresa

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June 14, 2018 0

Young woman evicted from care home while critically ill in hospital

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A young disabled woman was told that she had been evicted from her residential home while she lay critically ill in hospital. The care home in Barking, east London, run by the company Sahara Care, had originally issued the eviction notice to Lakhvinder Kaur (pictured) in a letter on 6 April, just days after

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James Plummer sitting in his wheelchair in front of some trees

June 14, 2018 0

Landmark court ruling over leisure club’s inaccessible swimming pool

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A company that runs a leisure club on a luxury housing estate discriminated against a disabled man by repeatedly refusing to make the adjustments that would allow him to use the swimming pool, according to a court’s “landmark” judgement. James Plummer (pictured) has secured the legal judgement after an “epic struggle” that has lasted

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May 31, 2018 0

Watchdog forces 13 CCGs to back down over NHS institution threat

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The equality and human rights watchdog has forced 13 NHS primary care organisations to withdraw unlawful, discriminatory policies that could have seen service-users with complex healthcare needs forced into institutions. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had written to the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as the first step in a potential judicial review

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Young people sitting in discussion groups in a room

May 24, 2018 0

Project DRILLs down into social isolation of young people with learning difficulties

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Young people with learning difficulties are at risk of “significant social isolation”, with the risk increasing as they approach adulthood, according to a new report delivered through a ground-breaking research programme. The young people interviewed for the report “unanimously” said they needed practical help, emotional support and communication skills to maintain friendships. Eight young

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May 10, 2018 0

Charity faces claims of ‘abusive’ behaviour over care home closure meeting

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A disability charity is facing allegations of “insensitive and abusive” behaviour over the way its executives told disabled residents that they were about to close their care home because they could not afford to keep it open. The news was broken on the same day that other executives from the same charity, Leonard Cheshire,

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April 26, 2018 0

Social care ‘citizens’ assembly’ set up by MPs omits DPOs from panel of experts

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A consultation event set up by MPs to produce recommendations from members of the public on the future funding of adult social care has failed to ask any disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to provide them with “expert” opinions. DPOs have raised “deep concerns” about the way the Citizens’ Assembly on Social Care has been

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