NHS

Ministry of Justice sign on the wall of a building, overlooked by windows

June 28, 2018 0

Campaigner defeats third government department on accessible information

A disabled campaigner has won his third legal case against separate government departments over their failure to provide information in accessible formats. Graham Kirwan had already secured victories over the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health. DWP previously paid him £1,700 damages for refusing to communicate by email over

Independent Living

Sue Bott giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

June 21, 2018 0

Government’s social care funding failure ‘is terrible news for disabled people’

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Disabled campaigners have reacted with alarm to the government’s decision that it will not address the social care funding crisis until the end of next year, despite announcing billions of pounds a year extra for the NHS. Despite saying in a speech that ministers “know we need to improve social care”, prime minister Theresa

Politics

Robert Halfon talking to Sebastian Payne behind a table

November 16, 2017 0

Disabled MP seeks new laws to outlaw ‘rip-off’ hospital parking charges

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A disabled MP has introduced new legislation that would ban all NHS hospitals from “rip-off” parking charges imposed on patients, staff and visitors. The Conservative MP Robert Halfon, a former minister and now chair of the Commons education select committee, said the imposition of car parking charges by hospitals was “the bane of people’s

Independent Living

January 12, 2017

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More than 40 NHS organisations have ‘policies of concern’ on institutional care

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More than 40 NHS primary care organisations – and possibly many more – have quietly introduced policies that could see disabled people with complex healthcare needs shunted into residential or nursing homes against their wishes, new research has revealed. Disabled campaigner Fleur Perry (pictured), who edits the website Disability United, reached the conclusion after

Employment

August 28, 2015

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New ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘discriminates against disabled staff’

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The controversial US outsourcing giant brought in to deliver “fitness for work” tests for the government is facing allegations that it discriminates against disabled staff, and has sacked hundreds of nurses shortly after tempting them to leave the NHS. Maximus only took over the contract to provide work capability assessments (WCAs) in March but

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Campaigner defeats third government department on accessible information

Government’s social care funding failure ‘is terrible news for disabled people’

Disabled MP seeks new laws to outlaw ‘rip-off’ hospital parking charges

More than 40 NHS organisations have ‘policies of concern’ on institutional care

New ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘discriminates against disabled staff’