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Review finds multiple agencies failed over Whorlton Hall abuse scandal

By John Pring on 1st June 2023 Category: Independent Living

Review finds multiple agencies failed over Whorlton Hall abuse scandal
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Multiple agencies have been criticised by a long-awaited review for failing to expose a regime of physical and psychological abuse at a private hospital for autistic people and people with learning difficulties. The abuse at Whorlton Hall, near Barnard Castle, County […]

DWP admits losing six more disability-related employment tribunals

By John Pring on 25th November 2021 Category: Employment

DWP admits losing six more disability-related employment tribunals
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The number of disability-related employment tribunals being lost by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have increased since its “shocking track record” of discrimination against its disabled staff was exposed by a documentary 20 months ago. Peter Schofield, […]

Ten years on from Winterbourne View scandal, activists ask: Why has so little changed?

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Independent Living

Ten years on from Winterbourne View scandal, activists ask: Why has so little changed?
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Disabled activists are asking why so little has been done to secure the rights of people with learning difficulties and autistic people in the 10 years since the Winterbourne View abuse scandal was exposed. Monday (31 May) marks the 10th anniversary […]

DWP staff describe their discriminatory department as ‘callous’ and uncaring

By John Pring on 19th March 2020 Category: Employment

DWP staff describe their discriminatory department as ‘callous’ and uncaring
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been described as “callous” and uncaring by its own disabled employees. One disabled employee said he was told by a DWP manager: “For all the use you are to me, you might as […]

News round-up: Panorama, Hancock seeks consensus… and Hunt’s inquiry

By John Pring on 12th March 2020 Category: Employment

News round-up: Panorama, Hancock seeks consensus… and Hunt’s inquiry
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A BBC documentary has revealed that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has lost more disability discrimination cases at employment tribunal than any other employer in Britain since 2016. Monday’s Panorama programme* reported on DWP’s “shocking track record” of discriminating […]

Care regulator faces ‘whitewash’ allegation by MPs and peers over abuse scandal

By John Pring on 13th June 2019 Category: Independent Living

Care regulator faces ‘whitewash’ allegation by MPs and peers over abuse scandal
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The care regulator has faced accusations from a committee of MPs and peers that it ordered a “whitewash” of abuse allegations at a private hospital for disabled people that was later exposed by a BBC documentary. Two senior figures in the […]

Activists call for closure of all long-stay hospitals after Whorlton Hall scandal

By John Pring on 30th May 2019 Category: Independent Living

Activists call for closure of all long-stay hospitals after Whorlton Hall scandal
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Disabled people from across Europe have called for the closure of long-stay institutions, after the latest in a long series of abuse scandals was uncovered by the BBC. Four European disability organisations – including the umbrella organisation representing 80 million disabled […]

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Urgent action call on deaths of autistic people

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Human Rights

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Urgent action call on deaths of autistic people
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Disabled trade unionists have called for urgent action to address the tragic inadequacies that have led to the deaths of scores of autistic and other disabled people in care settings. This week’s annual TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference in Bournemouth backed an […]

Government agrees to review every care segregation case, after CQC report

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Human Rights

Government agrees to review every care segregation case, after CQC report
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Scores of disabled people who have been held in long-term segregation in NHS and private sector health settings will have their cases independently reviewed, the government has agreed, after a report by the health and care watchdog. The Care Quality Commission’s […]

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