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Activists ‘aghast’ at ‘negligent’ plans to send infected COVID patients into care homes

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Human Rights

Activists ‘aghast’ at ‘negligent’ plans to send infected COVID patients into care homes
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Disabled activists say that government plans to allow NHS patients infected with COVID-19 to be discharged into care homes this winter will repeat the failings that led to thousands of deaths of older and disabled people in the early stages of […]

Government tries to address abuse of disabled people’s rights in new winter plan

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government tries to address abuse of disabled people’s rights in new winter plan
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The government has attempted to address some of the concerns about the abuse of disabled people’s rights to health and social care that emerged during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The policies come in a new adult social care […]

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