The government has “blood on its hands” from the deaths of disabled people caused by its “fitness for work” test, a minister has been told during the angriest and most outspoken parliamentary debate yet on the much-criticised assessment. Several opposition MPs called for the work capability assessment (WCA) to be scrapped, with many MPs detailing [...]
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Disabled people who took part in a major anti-austerity march through London have described why they wanted to make their voices heard as they protested against the government’s cuts. More than 100,000 people – the majority of them trades union members – took part in the TUC’s A Future That Works march and rally in [...]
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Jul 2010
A “damning” ombudsman’s report has found a hospital guilty of widespread failings in the care provided to a woman with learning difficulties and high support needs who died after a routine operation. The findings of the parliamentary and health ombudsman came just weeks after the same hospital – Basildon University Hospital – was fined £50,000 [...]
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Mar 2010
The government has defended a 10-year delay in setting up an inquiry into “premature and avoidable” deaths of people with learning difficulties. The confidential inquiry by the Norah Fry Research Centre, announced this week by the Department of Health (DH), will look at the causes of such deaths and what should be done to prevent [...]
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Mar 2010
The government is failing to recognise the extent of fuel poverty faced by disabled people, according to a coalition of campaigning organisations. The coalition made ten demands in its End Fuel Poverty Charter, which says the “scandal” of fuel poverty has reached “crisis levels” and has led to debt, ill-health and winter deaths. The main [...]
