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Disabled people’s organisations have imagined a future in which disabled people live in an “equitable” society with an AI-assisted economy that produces full employment, as part of government-funded research that hopes to produce more “strategic and proactive” policy-making. The research, commissioned […]
The former civil servant leading a commission on adult social care in England has told MPs she is examining the impact of scrapping home care charges but also suggested she is unlikely to call for it to be introduced immediately. Baroness […]
Disabled people in Scotland have made it clear that the Motability vehicle scheme is essential to their independence and is not a “luxury”, particularly if they live in a rural area, a new report has found. The Motability is not a […]
Disabled people’s organisations have strongly condemned last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court, which they say has “dismantled” the system that protected service-users who are unable to consent to restrictions placed on their liberty. One disabled people’s organisation (DPO) warned this […]
The lack of accountability for the tens of thousands of Covid-related deaths of disabled people receiving care in their own homes and residential settings has caused lasting harm, the UK Covid inquiry has been told. In their opening written submission to […]
The next Scottish government needs to listen to disabled people and take action to ensure the systemic change needed to realise their rights, according to a new manifesto drawn up by a national disabled people’s organisation (DPO). Inclusion Scotland says in […]
The choices made by the UK state on how the social care system is structured mean that the impact of the pandemic in this area should be “ground zero” for the Covid inquiry’s investigations, disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have argued. Four […]
Four national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have told the Covid inquiry that people who receive care and support were “ignored by design” during the pandemic. The inquiry heard on Monday that there were more than 43,000 deaths involving COVID-19 in care […]
Disabled campaigners say they are shocked, angry and “confounded” by a vote by the Scottish parliament in favour of legalising assisted suicide in Scotland, but they have vowed to keep fighting to defeat the proposals. Members of the Scottish parliament voted […]
Separate reports have highlighted how years of failed government promises on reform have left broken adult social care systems in both England and Scotland. In England, MPs on the Commons health and social care committee published a report this week warning […]