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A major supermarket chain has been accused of discrimination after installing chilled food cabinets with inaccessible doors, preventing many of its disabled customers accessing fresh produce. Co-op has installed the inaccessible chiller cabinets in at least two of its stores, but […]
The care regulator’s annual assessment of “the state of health and care” in England includes almost no discussion of the quality and safety of adult social care services, analysis of the report has revealed. Large sections of the Care Quality Commission’s […]
A review ordered by the last government has found “significant failings” within England’s care and health regulator. The final report into the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was published this week, and it found an “urgent need” for a […]
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has refused to say when the new Labour government will address the care charging crisis that is leading disabled people to face unlawful discrimination and inequality on an “unparalleled” scale. Despite being asked several […]
The Liberal Democrats’ deputy leader has told her party to campaign to save social care and the NHS “like our lives depend on it”. Daisy Cooper told her party’s annual conference that good health and social services “transform people’s lives” and […]
Disabled people will be left at risk of serious harm if a council goes ahead with plans to introduce new charges for one of its “vital” care services, a disabled people’s organisation has warned. Difference North East has told Hartlepool council […]
Disabled people and allies are hoping that a new national network will support service-users who are constantly battling their local authority over their social care packages. The Care Net is particularly focusing on disabled people who use direct payments to arrange […]
Disabled people across England are continuing to face unlawful discrimination and inequality on an “unparalleled” scale due to “unjust” social care charging policies, according to “deeply concerning” new research. The research by disabled people’s organisation Disability Law Service (DLS)* suggests that […]
Disabled people’s organisations have given a cautious but positive welcome to proposals from the Liberal Democrats to offer free personal care to all adults if they win power at the general election. In a policy pledge unlikely to be matched either […]
A local authority has apologised for postponing the scrapping of all charges for care and support for disabled people in their own homes. Tower Hamlets council, in east London, which is run by the Aspire party, led by former Labour politician […]