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COVID-19

Peer calls for disabled people to ‘take control’ over PA vaccinations

By John Pring on 14th January 2021 Category: Independent Living

Peer calls for disabled people to ‘take control’ over PA vaccinations
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A disabled peer is calling on other disabled people seen as clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) to coronavirus to “be proactive” and ask their GPs to vaccinate them and their personal assistants, following the publication of new government guidance. The advice from […]

Coronavirus: Criticism over new ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ guidance

By John Pring on 15th October 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Criticism over new ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ guidance
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The government’s updated guidance for those who are “clinically extremely vulnerable” (CEV) to COVID-19 has been criticised for its lack of detail and clarity, and its failure to announce new support for those who are particularly at risk from the virus. […]

Watchdog’s report spotlights ‘shocking’ impact of pandemic on social care in Scotland

By John Pring on 8th October 2020 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog’s report spotlights ‘shocking’ impact of pandemic on social care in Scotland
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A “considerable proportion” of people in Scotland who receive social care support at home have had that support cut or removed completely during the pandemic, according to a new report by the country’s human rights watchdog. This week’s report by the […]

Round-up: Osime Brown, shielding, foster carers… and DWP’s ‘wolf’ appointment

By John Pring on 8th October 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Round-up: Osime Brown, shielding, foster carers… and DWP’s ‘wolf’ appointment
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Campaigners are calling on the government to abandon its plan to deport a young autistic man to Jamaica, a country he has not visited since he was four. The Home Office had planned to detain Osime Brown – who also has […]

Coronavirus: ‘Supermarket discrimination risks lives and causes pain and distress’

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: ‘Supermarket discrimination risks lives and causes pain and distress’
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Disabled people have described the pain and distress they have endured in attempting to buy food during the COVID-19 crisis, with many forced to put up with clear discrimination from their local supermarket. The accounts collected by Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims
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More than 200 disabled people have signed up for a class action against UK supermarkets over allegations that they have discriminated against them during the coronavirus crisis, in what is believed to be the biggest legal case of its kind. So […]

New shadow minister pledges ‘better and wider engagement’ with disabled people

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Politics

New shadow minister pledges ‘better and wider engagement’ with disabled people
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Labour’s new shadow minister for disabled people has pledged to be a “good listener” and to ensure that her party considers the impact on disabled people of every one of its policies. Vicky Foxcroft (pictured) was speaking to Disability News Service […]

Coronavirus: PA guidance is finally published… five weeks late

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: PA guidance is finally published… five weeks late
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Ministers have finally published guidance that should help disabled people who employ their own personal assistants (PAs) to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic, but activists say the delay in producing the document has put lives at risk. The guidance for […]

Coronavirus: Hancock refuses to publish treatment guidance

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Hancock refuses to publish treatment guidance
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The government has refused to provide national guidance that would make it clear that disabled people have the same right to life-sustaining treatment as non-disabled people if they contract coronavirus. Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock (pictured) told lawyers for […]

Coronavirus: Government ‘has abandoned’ disabled people on direct payments

By John Pring on 19th March 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Government ‘has abandoned’ disabled people on direct payments
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The government is facing accusations that its emergency planning for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic has “abandoned” disabled people who use direct payments to employ their own personal assistants (PAs). Although the government finally produced guidance for the social care sector […]

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