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Outrage over ‘eugenicist’ lockdown comments of itsu boss

By John Pring on 5th November 2020 Category: Human Rights

Outrage over ‘eugenicist’ lockdown comments of itsu boss
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Disabled campaigners have expressed outrage at the boss of a fast-food chain – and its PR agency – after he said he would prefer to sacrifice “a few thousand lives of very old or vulnerable people” rather than having another national […]

Burnham hides from scrutiny over ‘abhorrent’ COVID care home policy

By John Pring on 5th November 2020 Category: Politics

Burnham hides from scrutiny over ‘abhorrent’ COVID care home policy
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Staff working for Greater Manchester’s mayor have repeatedly refused to say if he backs government plans that will see hospital patients with coronavirus discharged into care homes, even though he suggested to his own disabled advisers that he did not. Andy […]

Shielders ‘left adrift’ after government’s COVID guidance failure

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Independent Living

Shielders ‘left adrift’ after government’s COVID guidance failure
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Disabled people who have been shielding at home say they are having to rely on peer support and their own judgement to protect themselves from the pandemic, after despairing at the lack of clear government guidance. Many of those who have […]

‘Devastating’ COVID deaths figures ‘show government breached disabled people’s right to life’

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

‘Devastating’ COVID deaths figures ‘show government breached disabled people’s right to life’
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“Devastating” new official figures showing how many disabled people have died from coronavirus demonstrate that the government has violated its obligation to protect their right to life, says a leading disabled expert. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show disabled […]

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 faces calls to scrap ‘discriminatory’ pandemic emergency measures

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

Government faces calls to scrap ‘discriminatory’ pandemic emergency measures
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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 […]

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 […]

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’

By John Pring on 17th September 2020 Category: Independent Living

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’
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The care regulator has been accused of prioritising the financial interests of home care agencies over the safety of disabled people, after refusing to release information that would show which of them have reported deaths of service-users linked to coronavirus. The […]

Disabled peers call on government to scrap Care Act coronavirus powers

By John Pring on 17th September 2020 Category: Independent Living

Disabled peers call on government to scrap Care Act coronavirus powers
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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 […]

Mayor defends failure to include disabled people in COVID ‘recovery board’

By John Pring on 17th September 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Mayor defends failure to include disabled people in COVID ‘recovery board’
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The mayor of London has defended his decision to set up a board of nearly 30 senior figures to oversee the recovery from coronavirus in the capital without including any members representing disabled people. Membership of the London Recovery Board is made […]

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