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ONS suggests NHS disability discrimination may have increased …

WEBOfficial figures have provided the first statistical evidence to suggest that unfair practices or discrimination within the NHS may have caused disabled people to be …

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NHS bodies face legal action by human rights watchdog over care …

WEBThe equality and human rights watchdog has written to 13 NHS primary care organisations to warn them about discriminatory policies that could see service-users …

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Disabled woman describes her long-stay hospital abuse ordeal

WEBA young disabled woman has described the abuse she experienced in a charity-run mental health hospital, and has called for more to be done to close such …

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Governments ‘overwhelmingly failed’ to protect disability rights …

WEBGovernments around the world – including the UK’s – have “overwhelmingly failed” to protect disabled people’s rights in responding to the global pandemic, …

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Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws

WEBBy John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty. Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally …

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Austerity cuts to social care and health caused 57,000 deaths, …

WEBThe government has refused to apologise for the “appallingly unnecessary” impact of austerity spending cuts, after researchers linked post-2010 reductions in …

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DWP defends first Work and Health Programme job figures

WEBIt is the first time the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released figures showing how successful its new Work and Health Programme (WHP) …

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Trust and charity deny DWP mental health links, after protesters …

WEBAn NHS trust and a homelessness charity have failed to dispel concerns that a new centre for mental health services is closely linked to government plans to …

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Controversial work test ‘is too strict’, say doctors

WEBHealth professionals who are using a controversial new test to assess disabled people for out-of-work disability benefits believe the threshold for claiming the …

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DWP admits court defeat after universal credit discrimination led …

WEBThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted repeatedly breaching the Equality Act, after a disabled man was left needing hospital treatment …

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‘Deep concern’ over funding for national plan to limit mental …

WEBA new national agreement that will limit how often police respond to incidents involving people in mental health crisis has caused “deep concern” because of …

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‘Toxic’ DWP ‘caused mental health collapse’ in one third of …

WEBMore than a third of the work coaches on a single floor of a jobcentre experienced a mental health crisis in less than a year, due to the “dysfunctional” …

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DWP lied about duty to keep benefit claimants safe, document …

WEBThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) lied when it claimed that it had no “duty of care” to protect disabled benefit claimants, new evidence suggests. …

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DWP staff admit inflicting ‘psychological harm’ on claimants …

WEBDepartment for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff and managers deliberately inflicted psychological harm on benefit claimants, engaged in unofficial sanctioning targets, and …

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Atos and Capita win PIP contract extension ‘because DWP is …

WEBThe government’s decision to extend the contracts of two discredited companies that carry out disability benefit assessments has been branded “appalling”, …

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Disabled solicitor launches ground-breaking legal case over PIP

WEBA disabled lawyer has launched a ground-breaking legal case against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over his claim that it deliberately …

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‘Devastating’ dossier shows DWP is in ‘state of crisis’

WEBThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a failing organisation in a “state of crisis” and faces a “near collapse” of its benefits systems, according to a …

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‘Tokenistic’ service-user involvement must be addressed, says report

WEBThe Tickboxes and Tokenism report says the inclusive involvement of disabled people and members of other marginalised communities in such activity is …

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The death of Errol Graham: Man starved to death after DWP …

WEBA disabled man starved to death after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly stopped his out-of-work benefits, leaving him without any …

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Disabled man in fourth week of hunger strike over ‘inhuman’ …

WEBA man with significant long-term health conditions is in the fourth week of a hunger strike over “inhuman” conditions at a former Essex care home that is being used …

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Labour defends Starmer’s social care shadow cabinet decision

WEBLabour has insisted that its new leader’s decision to remove the party’s social care spokesperson from his first shadow cabinet does not mean the issue has …

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