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Housing accessibility standards

5 August 2022

In late 2020, the Government conducted a consultation to consider how to raise housing accessibility standards, recognising the importance of suitable homes for older and disabled people and that we have an ageing population in this country.

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Fabian Society launch consultation on social care

5 August 2022

The Fabian Society has announced a new inquiry that will develop a roadmap towards a ‘national care service’ for England

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Warning for Blue Badges holders travelling in Europe

5 August 2022

Disabled drivers warned that their Blue Badge parking permits will not currently be recognised in some of the most popular EU destinations for British driving holidays.

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UK Covid-19 inquiry launches first investigation

5 August 2022

Baroness Hallett, Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, has officially launched the Inquiry and opened its first investigation into how well prepared the UK was for a pandemic.

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Next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on SCI

6 July 2022

The next virtual meeting of the ‘APPG on Spinal Cord Injury’ is on Wednesday 13 July 2022 at 3pm – please invite your MP to attend.

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Have your say on the government’s 10-year plan for mental health

8 June 2022

A call for evidence has opened to inform a new 10 year plan to level up mental health across the country and put mental and physical health on an equal footing.

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'Nothing about us, without us' –  medical technology and patient/public involvement

8 June 2022

We were delighted to take part in the Urology Trade Association (UTA) and The Urology Foundation’s (TUF) jointly-hosted Parliamentary Reception at Westminster recently, where the theme of the evening was ‘Working together to support innovation in the medtech sector’.

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SIA joins leading human rights organisations to warn against Government plans

8 June 2022

We have joined with more than 50 organisations from across the human rights, equality and civil liberties sector to warn the Prime Minister against the ‘dire consequences’ of scrapping the Human Rights Act and replacing it with a new Bill of Rights.

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Government fails to implement PEEPs for high rise fire safety

8 June 2022

Despite announcing measures to help strengthen the emergency services and ensure people feel safer in their homes the Government hasn’t implemented PEEPs for disabled people who can’t self-evacuate from high rise buildings.

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