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By Tom McDonough A new funding programme launched by a disabled people’s organisation aims to help small user-led mental health groups in England continue providing “life-saving” support in the heart of the cost-of-living crisis. National Survivor User Network (NSUN), a network […]
Disabled campaigners have raised concerns about a Mental Health Act reform bill which the government plans to introduce in the new session of parliament. Although many of the proposals to be included in what will be a draft bill were widely […]
Five disabled activists who helped expose an “unlawful, unethical and unacceptable” mental health scheme have spoken of the huge personal toll their campaigning has taken on them, and the lack of support they received from the large mental health charities. The […]
The government has been criticised for failing to support disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) through its National Disability Strategy, as new figures provide further evidence of the “extremely hostile” environment they are facing. The strategy, heavily-criticised by DPOs on its release last […]
Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper has revealed. The health and disability green paper, Shaping Future Support, focuses on reforming […]
Disabled activists have demanded stronger action from NHS England over the use of a mental health scheme they have branded unethical, unlawful and unsafe, despite a senior NHS figure telling individual trusts to review their use of the programme. There has […]
Disabled activists are calling for an immediate halt to the use of a multi-agency scheme that they believe is unethical, unlawful and unsafe, and which they say puts people in severe mental distress at risk of being denied vital support. Under […]
Three separate user-led groups have questioned the government’s “unforgivable” failure to ensure that disabled people with underlying health conditions are treated as a priority for the COVID-19 vaccination programme. They fear that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of disabled people […]
People with mental distress are not believed when reporting hate crime and abuse, despite experiencing serious assaults, victimisation and neglect, according to a new report. Disabled academics who helped with the research that led to the report say that the extent […]
Campaigners have written to the BBC to express the “outpouring of hurt and distress” felt by disabled people over its decision to broadcast a disabled-led drama that mirrored years of deeply damaging government rhetoric about benefit cheats. The Real Deal (pictured) […]