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Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic
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Disabled people have described how they have been abandoned by the UK government, local authorities, and the supermarket giants, as they struggle to survive during the pandemic crisis. Their descriptions of their experiences over the last two months are included in […]

Coronavirus: NHS faces legal action over ‘unsafe and discriminatory’ visitor policy  

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: NHS faces legal action over ‘unsafe and discriminatory’ visitor policy  
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A disabled woman with high support needs has launched a legal action against NHS England, after it refused to update its policy on visitors that would prevent her being accompanied into hospital if she became ill with coronavirus. Fleur Perry says […]

Coronavirus: CQC faces legal action over decision to halt most inspections

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: CQC faces legal action over decision to halt most inspections
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Disabled people’s organisations and charities have sent a legal letter to the care watchdog, warning that its decision to halt its regular programme of inspections has put many disabled and older people at “heightened risk” of harm. They say that service-users […]

Coronavirus: MPs and peers ask PM for a ‘disability inclusive’ response to pandemic

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Politics

Coronavirus: MPs and peers ask PM for a ‘disability inclusive’ response to pandemic
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At least 10 disabled MPs and peers have signed a letter calling on the prime minister to ensure that the government improves its support for disabled people in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The letter, sent to Boris Johnson by […]

Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets
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A new fund is offering grants to user-led and community groups in England that are providing support to people in mental distress during the coronavirus crisis. The fund is being run by the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), and offers grants […]

Coronavirus: Control over support is helping keep disabled people safe, evidence suggests

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Control over support is helping keep disabled people safe, evidence suggests
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Disabled people who use direct payments to pay for support in their own homes are using this control over their care to stay safer during the coronavirus pandemic than if they were in institutions, early evidence suggests. Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Coronavirus: Concerns over councils ‘rushing to free themselves’ from Care Act duties

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Concerns over councils ‘rushing to free themselves’ from Care Act duties
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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 […]

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’
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More than 150 Deaf people have begun a legal class action against the UK government over its failure to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at its televised daily coronavirus briefings. They are seeking damages from the government – and […]

Coronavirus: Disabled benefit claimants tell MPs how crisis has hit them hard

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Disabled benefit claimants tell MPs how crisis has hit them hard
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Disabled people have told MPs how they have been hit particularly hard by the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the benefits system. The Commons work and pensions committee carried out a survey of benefit claimants as part of an inquiry […]

Coronavirus round-up: Supercharged inequalities, shielding, and wellbeing concerns

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus round-up: Supercharged inequalities, shielding, and wellbeing concerns
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The coronavirus pandemic is “supercharging” the inequalities already faced by disabled people, according to new research by a user-led organisation. Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) has heard from thousands of disabled people over the last month through a survey designed to discover […]

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