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Legal action threat over wheelchair service’s ‘bullying, delays and poor service’

By John Pring on 9th August 2018 Category: Independent Living

Legal action threat over wheelchair service’s ‘bullying, delays and poor service’
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Wheelchair-users in Kent are threatening to take legal action over growing concerns about delays, poor service and even bullying and harassment by the company running the NHS wheelchair services contract in the county.  Four disability groups – Kent’s Physical Disability Forum […]

Former students of scandal-hit charity are still at home, four months on

By John Pring on 14th April 2016 Category: Education

Former students of scandal-hit charity are still at home, four months on
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Former pupils of the Royal School for Deaf Children Margate (RSDCM) have still not been found a suitable new school, more than four months after it closed. The school was forced to close in December for financial reasons, after the care […]

Deaf children left stranded after 200-year-old school suddenly closes

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Education

Deaf children left stranded after 200-year-old school suddenly closes
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More than 50 deaf children have been left without a school after the sudden announcement of the closure of the Royal School for Deaf Children Margate after more than 220 years. The school was forced to close after the charity that […]

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