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Queen’s speech: Campaigners raise concerns over ‘flawed’ Mental Health Act reforms

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Human Rights

Queen’s speech: Campaigners raise concerns over ‘flawed’ Mental Health Act reforms
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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 […]

StopSIM members speak of huge toll of campaign and lack of support from charities

By John Pring on 2nd December 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

StopSIM members speak of huge toll of campaign and lack of support from charities
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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 […]

Government’s strategy fails to support DPOs, as more close due to ‘hostile environment’

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government’s strategy fails to support DPOs, as more close due to ‘hostile environment’
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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 could merge disability benefits and want to cut future spending, says green paper

By John Pring on 22nd July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future spending, says green paper
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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 […]

NHS England ‘must do more’, despite ordering reviews of ‘unsafe’ mental distress scheme

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

NHS England ‘must do more’, despite ordering reviews of ‘unsafe’ mental distress scheme
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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 […]

Coalition calls for halt to use of ‘unethical and unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme

By John Pring on 29th April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coalition calls for halt to use of ‘unethical and unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme
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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 […]

Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority
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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 […]

Hate crime and abuse ‘seriously under-estimated’, say mental health service-users

By John Pring on 10th December 2020 Category: Crime

Hate crime and abuse ‘seriously under-estimated’, say mental health service-users
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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 […]

Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama

By John Pring on 19th November 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama
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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) […]

Government ignores calls to scrap COVID care restrictions

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government ignores calls to scrap COVID care restrictions
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The government has ignored repeated calls from disabled people’s organisations and allies to scrap measures that limit the rights of disabled adults and children to social care and education support during the pandemic crisis. In the first parliamentary review of temporary […]

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