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Disab News
4 hours ago
Half of the learning disability services inspected by the Care Quality Commission in the wake of Winterbourne View are not meeting essential standards on safeguarding residents and caring for them. The CQC said the findings were a cause for concern.
8 hours ago
Cameron defends parenting classesSign up to Society daily email briefingToday's top SocietyGuardian stories• Parenting lessons: this is not the nanny state, says David Cameron
• Child support charges could increase poverty, warn MPs
• Remploy bidders offered wage subsidy
• Pa[...]
• Child support charges could increase poverty, warn MPs
• Remploy bidders offered wage subsidy
• Pa[...]
1 day ago
As Greece prepares for a new round of elections the markets are getting restless around Europe and money is being rapidly withdrawn from banks exposed to a disorderly exit. Meanwhile, in Britain David Cameron has begun openly contemplating the break-up of the single currency while the Bank of Englan[...]
1 day ago
Government announces £10m concession in attempt to firm up bids for 36 loss-making factories under threat of closureEmployers who take over any of the 36 state-owned Remploy factories facing closure will be offered a short-term subsidy of up to a third of the wages of the units' disabled workers, t[...]
1 day ago
We are concerned about the current and projected impacts on disabled people of the changes to employment and support allowance; the ongoing issues with the work capability assessment; the reduction in local authority social care expenditure; the replacement of disability living allowance by personal[...]
2 days ago
Undercover investigation by BBC Arabic reveals allegations of abuse of mentally and physically disabled childrenThe king of Jordan has ordered an inquiry into allegations of abuse in private children's homes that were made in an undercover investigation aired in the country this week.The BBC Arabic [...]
2 days ago
This film documents the shocking abuse of children with disabilities in Jordan's care homes using undercover filming and eyewitness testimony
2 days ago
Our public services awards are open for entriesSign up to Society daily email briefingToday's top SocietyGuardian stories• Free home care available to fewer elderly people
• Home care, stealth tax and the elderly: which councils charge the most?
• UK unemployment fall raises hopes re[...]
• Home care, stealth tax and the elderly: which councils charge the most?
• UK unemployment fall raises hopes re[...]
2 days ago
News, comment, blogposts and tweets across the sector10.20am: Jessica Fuhl writesOn the healthcare network this morning Debbie Andalo explores the role of school nurses, arguing that the "Nitty Nora image of the school nurse does not match the reality of today's professional". Elsewhere on the netwo[...]
2 days ago
Nurses who work with people with learning disabilities have "real concerns" about the safety of their clients because of cuts in services, according to a new study.
www.thisislondon.co.uk via Zibb.com News 2 days ago
Older and disabled people suffer postcode lottery over fees as numbers who have home care paid by local council fall 11%The number of vulnerable older and disabled people who had home care services fully paid by their local authority fell by 11% in England in the past two years, according to newly p[...]
2 days ago
Three in four nurses have seen cuts to services in their area in the past year, survey revealsNurses who work with people with learning disabilities have "real concerns" about the safety of their clients because of cuts in services, according to a study published on Wednesday.A survey of 500 nurses [...]
2 days ago
Inconsistent levels of care are putting patients in danger, and are being exacerbated by budget cuts, survey revealsWhen the abuse of adults at Winterbourne View hospital near Bristol hit the headlines earlier this year it catapulted the mistreatment of people with learning difficulties in residenti[...]
2 days ago
A significant reduction in the number of older people getting care for free, or partly funded by the council means a vast difference in costs. Which councils charge the most and which have the lowest rate?
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3 days ago
Fears draft legislation will see many children removed from the special education register altogetherParents in England are to be given control over their children's special educational needs (SEN) budgets, allowing them to choose expert support rather than local authorities being the sole provider.[...]
3 days ago
Government benefit claims fact-checkedSign up to Society daily email briefingToday's top SocietyGuardian stories• Ministers told Work Programme scheme must ensure people are in work
• Andrew Lansley branded a liar as nurses give him a frosty reception
• Ed Miliband reaches out to nur[...]
• Andrew Lansley branded a liar as nurses give him a frosty reception
• Ed Miliband reaches out to nur[...]
3 days ago
Without radical change, the cost of social care could soak up every penny of Barnet council's budget within 20 yearsLet me to introduce you to the Barnet Graph of Doom. It's a PowerPoint slide showing that within 20 years, unless things change dramatically, the north London council will be unable to[...]
3 days ago
Reform of SEN gives parents freedom to choose and forces joined-up planning by education, health and social care servicesParents in England are to be given control over their children's special educational needs (SEN) budgets, allowing them to choose expert support rather than local authorities bein[...]
3 days ago
From business to the disabled, Monday was special even for a cabinet whose dogmatic bungling is unrivalled in modern BritainGreece, the birthplace of democracy, has set off a voters' rebellion against the dictatorship of financiers. In the eye of the vortex, no one knows if the centre can hold or wh[...]
4 days ago
The town's social services department will soon begin accepting applications for a rent rebate program open to the elderly and residents with disabilities. The rebate program provided by the state Office of Policy and Management provides eligible ...
Hartford Courant via Google News 4 days ago
Disability Living Allowance claimants have risen by 30% – but for more complex reasons than Iain Duncan Smith would have you believeFew people would argue with the government's desire to tackle benefit fraud. But more problematic is the persistent exaggeration of the scale of abuse within the syst[...]
4 days ago
Disabled people like me depend on the health service. These relentless cuts threaten quality of care for anyone needing helpTwo years ago this week two important things happened that have had a big impact on my life.The first was finding out about a government scheme called Access to Work which prov[...]
4 days ago
...the lives of many people are quietly getting more difficult. Here's a tiny glimpse of how: Social care Our social service departments are meant to protect vulnerable children and adults. But teams are being severely reduced as a result...
Guardian Unlimited via Zibb.com News 4 days ago
Work and pensions secretary unrepentant that half a million can expect to lose payments under new regimeHalf a million people are set to lose their disability benefits under government plans, it has emerged.The work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, said he was determined to introduce radic[...]
4 days ago
Duty to women, disabled people and ethnic minorities ignored in coalition zeal, says Equality and Human Rights CommissionThe Treasury failed to consider how crucial policies would affect women, disabled people and ethnic minorities before the 2010 spending review, according to a report by the equali[...]
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