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‘Deep concern’ over high-tech system that allows ‘covert surveillance’ of service-users

By John Pring on 25th November 2021 Category: Human Rights

‘Deep concern’ over high-tech system that allows ‘covert surveillance’ of service-users
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An NHS trust has been asked why it introduced a new high-tech system that allows staff to carry out video monitoring of mental health service-users in their bedrooms while they are sleeping, without securing their consent. The actions of Camden and […]

Coronavirus: Disabled man who starved to death ‘had obeyed stay at home message’

By John Pring on 2nd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Disabled man who starved to death ‘had obeyed stay at home message’
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A disabled man starved to death after he became isolated during the coronavirus pandemic and was unable to access food because he had obeyed the government’s “stay at home” message. The man, from Streatham, south London, was living with mental distress […]

User-led groups discuss how to turn back the tide of closures

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

User-led groups discuss how to turn back the tide of closures
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User-led groups met this week to discuss how to turn back the tide of closures of organisations run and controlled by disabled people and service-users. Research shows the number of user-led groups continuing to fall, due to austerity cuts and other […]

Mental Health Act review ‘falls significantly short on human rights’

By John Pring on 6th December 2018 Category: Human Rights

Mental Health Act review ‘falls significantly short on human rights’
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A government-commissioned review* set up to modernise the Mental Health Act has been criticised for falling “significantly short” of recommending full human rights for people in mental distress. The review, published today (Thursday), includes 154 recommendations for improvements to the Mental […]

Fresh concerns from user-led network over mental health review

By John Pring on 22nd November 2018 Category: Human Rights

Fresh concerns from user-led network over mental health review
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A user-led network has raised new concerns about the approach being taken by those leading a review of a key piece of mental health legislation on behalf of the government, just weeks before they are due to publish their recommendations. The […]

Call for national research as fears grow over loss of DPOs

By John Pring on 14th June 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Call for national research as fears grow over loss of DPOs
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There is an “urgent” need for research into the hidden issue of disabled people’s organisations across the country that are being forced to close because of funding problems, say campaigners. Shaping Our Lives (SOL), the national network of service users and […]

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