BMJ 2012; 345 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5347 (Published 8 August 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e5347 Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow Two recent television programmes made […]
Private hospital patients were ‘routinely abused’ NINA LAKHANI The Independent, Wednesday 8th August 2012   Vulnerable patients with learning disabilities were […]
See also: https://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2012/08/06/warehousing-disabled-people/ Will Serious Case Review (SCR) spell end to Winterbourne View -style abuse? By Mithran Samuel, adults’ editor, August 7, […]
By Rod Minchin The final member of staff caught on camera abusing patients at a care home at the centre of […]

The coalition government disregards the complexity of the benefits system and personal hardship at its peril

Judge says DWP's warning letter to benefit claimant was not clear, making sanction for failing to work unpaid unlawful
Submitted by writebetweentheeyes on Tue, 03/07/2012 – 5:13pm Any explanation of the blocking of all comment making for the last […]
Posted: August 6th, 2012 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | 3 Comments » Today, the first ruling was made in a case which challenged the legality of […]
Sun, 05/08/2012 – 10:24  An SNP MP has written to the UK Work and Pensions Secretary expressing concern at the […]
Letters: ‘Disabled people face persecution’  guardian.co.uk, Sunday 5 August 2012 21.00 BST Atos was at the centre of Panorama’s ‘Disabled or Faking […]
  By Savi Hensman, 31 Jul 2012 A cost-cutting proposal by Worcestershire County Council has caused widespread alarm among disabled people […]
By John Pring, Disability News Service (DNS), Friday, 03 August 2012 Disabled activists look set to target next month’s Paralympics […]
Friday, 03 August 2012  One leading disabled activist said the decision to grant the contracts to Atos was “like turning […]
By John Pring, Disability News Service, Friday 3rd August 2012 Questions have been raised over a government minister’s failure to […]
  Blame Bingo … a new game for all the family! Posted on August 3, 2012 Unemployment by unemployedhack : Bookmark the permalink. Are you unemployed? […]
The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents Iain Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions […]
Today the Government announces the independent providers for the new assessment for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The providers have […]

Firm unexpectedly wins two contracts despite disquiet over handling of work capability assessment, while G4S misses out
  By Philippa Willitts The Independent Wednesday, 1 August 2012 at 10:59 am An ‘inspirational’ photo has been making its way around Twitter […]
30 July, 2012 – 17:20 — Hannah Shrimpton   Several papers commented upon new figures showing the duration and reason for various […]
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