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Anger as Hancock offers string of seven-year-old policies on institutional care

By John Pring on 7th November 2019 Category: Human Rights

Anger as Hancock offers string of seven-year-old policies on institutional care
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Measures introduced this week to address the scandalous treatment of autistic people and people with learning difficulties in mental health hospitals are strikingly similar to failed government measures announced seven years ago. Health and social secretary Matt Hancock announced five measures […]

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 […]

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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