Equality and human rights in social care
1 June 2023
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the public body responsible for promoting and enforcing equality and non-discrimination laws, has…
Read more1 June 2023
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the public body responsible for promoting and enforcing equality and non-discrimination laws, has…
Read more9 May 2023
We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to the launch of our major bowel care campaign This is #SeriousSh1t, the aim of which is to stop SCI patients suffering harmful neglect through being denied essential bowel care in some medical settings.
Read more9 May 2023
The latest report from the charity Scope into the additional cost of disability shows that disabled people continue to face significant and unfair extra costs.
Read more15 April 2023
A bombshell survey of 4,000 patients with long term conditions has revealed that one in ten skip medications due to cost.
Read more31 March 2023
The Government has published its’ long-awaited Health and Disability White Paper – ‘Transforming Future Support’.
Read more31 March 2023
TV presenter Sophie Morgan and MP Marion Fellows have been joined by the charity Disability Rights UK in demanding that the Government gives the Civil Aviation Authority more powers to fine airlines and other companies who fail in their obligations to support disabled travellers.
Read more3 March 2023
The cross-party Transport Select Committee are keen to hear about the barriers that people with all kinds of disabilities and accessibility needs can experience when using passenger transport.
Read more24 February 2023
New national pathway supports clinicians to diagnose and treat cauda equina syndrome without delay.
Read more24 February 2023
Almost 100 organisations have come together to form a new coalition to campaign to lessen the financial hardship experienced by millions of unpaid carers across the UK.
Read more24 February 2023
Figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) show that councils in England took legal action against just 698 people for blue badge misuse in the year to the end of March 2021.
Read more24 February 2023
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has released the results of a survey showing that the cost of living is having an impact on whether people can afford prescription medicines in England.
Read more31 January 2023
There are currently more patients waiting for treatment than ever in the history of the NHS.
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