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‘Tokenistic’ service-user involvement must be addressed, says report

By John Pring on 17th February 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Tokenistic’ service-user involvement must be addressed, says report
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A new report highlights the importance of involving disabled people in planning and delivering services, but also the barriers they face when trying to share their lived experience. The report, by the disabled people’s and service-user network Shaping Our Lives (SOL), […]

Minister invited 44 ‘leaders’ to care summit, but not one disabled people’s organisation

By John Pring on 14th October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Minister invited 44 ‘leaders’ to care summit, but not one disabled people’s organisation
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The government failed to invite a single representative of a disabled people’s organisation (DPO) to last month’s crucial health and social care reform “summit” meeting, an omission that has been branded “disgraceful” and “unacceptable” by campaigners. One disabled campaigner said 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 […]

Watchdog’s inquiry ‘will get to the heart’ of problems with social care policy

By John Pring on 22nd July 2021 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog’s inquiry ‘will get to the heart’ of problems with social care policy
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The equality and human rights watchdog has won praise for launching an inquiry that should get to “the heart of the inadequacy” of current social care policy. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said this week that its inquiry would […]

Call for urgent action as investigation finds home care deaths rose by half in pandemic

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Human Rights

Call for urgent action as investigation finds home care deaths rose by half in pandemic
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Disabled activists have called for an urgent investigation after new figures showed that deaths of disabled and older people receiving support at home from care agencies rose by nearly 50 per cent during the first 12 months of the pandemic. In […]

Watchdog’s ‘invaluable’ inquiry set to expose ‘fragility’ of social care system

By John Pring on 29th April 2021 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog’s ‘invaluable’ inquiry set to expose ‘fragility’ of social care system
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to launch an “invaluable” and “long-overdue” inquiry into whether the social care system breaches equality and human rights laws. The formal statutory inquiry will examine the system of assessing needs and making decisions […]

Regulators face call to act over figures linking COVID deaths with health system

By John Pring on 18th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

Regulators face call to act over figures linking COVID deaths with health system
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Disabled campaigners are calling on two regulators to investigate concerns raised by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that many of the deaths of disabled people during the pandemic could be linked to discrimination within the healthcare system. The Equality and […]

Disability Unit accused of ‘shameful manipulation’ over disability strategy note

By John Pring on 11th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disability Unit accused of ‘shameful manipulation’ over disability strategy note
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The government has been accused of a “shameful manipulation of reality”, after its Disability Unit sent out desperate emails to its regional disability networks, begging for positive accounts of how its policies have improved disabled people’s lives. The note was sent […]

Government’s pandemic failings caused us ‘horrendous’ challenges, say DPOs

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government’s pandemic failings caused us ‘horrendous’ challenges, say DPOs
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) from across England have described the “horrendous” and “relentless” challenges they faced during the early months of the pandemic because of the failures of the UK government and local authorities. The DPOs told researchers of the lack […]

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs
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Disabled campaigners have made a last-minute appeal to the government to abandon its plans to relax rules on socialising over Christmas, as fears grow that this will cause a sharp rise in coronavirus infections and many thousands of deaths. Disabled people’s […]

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