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Disabled activists have said they are “very frightened” by council plans that could force people who rely on social care into residential homes against their wishes, and which they believe breach equality and human rights laws. Bristol City Council this week […]
The government has admitted it has a “limited” understanding of the abuse of disabled people at the hands of their carers and care workers in their own homes. The government review calls for a “stronger” response to protect disabled and older […]
Campaigners have called on local authorities to turn their backs on policies that force disabled people into residential homes against their will and therefore “seriously threaten the right to independent living”. The calls came after it emerged that Bristol City Council […]
A disabled activist has used his 35 years of experience as a service-user to write a detailed exposé of England’s social care system. Donald O’Neal’s book – The Lack of Care Act 2014 – combines detailed research, knowledge built up as […]
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to launch an “invaluable” and “long-overdue” inquiry into whether the social care system breaches equality and human rights laws. The formal statutory inquiry will examine the system of assessing needs and making decisions […]
The government is to abandon measures that ran “a coach and horses” through the right to social care during the pandemic, but similar restrictions imposed on disabled young people’s right to education are set to remain. The measures were all part […]
The government is facing growing pressure to scrap “wholly unacceptable” and “discriminatory” emergency powers that have allowed public bodies to suspend disabled people’s rights during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 60 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and their allies this week signed […]
Two disabled peers have called on the health and social care secretary to scrap powers given to local authorities that allow them to suspend some of their social care duties during the coronavirus pandemic. Crossbench peers Baroness [Jane] Campbell and Baroness […]
A disabled campaigner has painted a stark picture of the psychological and financial impact of the system of charging for care and support services, as he gave evidence to a committee of MPs. Kevin Caulfield told the Commons health and social […]
Eight local authorities in England have become the first to take advantage of new emergency powers that allow them to reduce their duties under the Care Act. One of the councils – Solihull – has become the first to admit that […]