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Mencap care staff ‘called resident “poison dwarf” and reused feeding syringes’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 The disability charity Mencap is facing allegations that staff at one of its care homes used an offensive nickname for a disabled resident, and repeatedly reused feeding syringes that should … Continue reading →

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Posted in CQC, Mencap | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, UK news, Whistleblower | Leave a reply

Remploy refused to give disabled experts support workers for care inspections

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By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017   Disabled people helping to deliver a vital part of the care watchdog’s inspection programme were refused support workers, while one was bullied into resigning, documents obtained by Disability News Service … Continue reading →

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Posted in Choice Support, CQC, ICO Information Commissioners Office, Maximus | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, John Pring, Maximus, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Cuts to support killed my neighbours,’ MPs are told

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By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 A disabled campaigner has told MPs that he believes cuts to support have contributed to a quarter of his neighbours in the sheltered housing development where he lives dying in just … Continue reading →

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Posted in CQC, Department for Communities and Local Government, DWP, Social Care | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, UK news, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Care crisis: Anger over CCG’s ‘unacceptable’ policy on residential care

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October 13th 2016 By John Pring-Disability News Service Disabled people who need more than eight hours of long-term healthcare a day should be pushed into residential care rather than being allowed to continue living at home, according to a policy … Continue reading →

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Posted in CQC, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Politics | 2 Replies

Care crisis: Council’s failings mean disabled man has to be dragged upstairs to his flat

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  October 13th 2016 by John Pring -Disability News Service A disabled man has to be dragged up the stairs to his second-floor flat by his personal assistant because of his local council’s failure to rehouse him in safe, accessible … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, CQC, NHS | Tagged Austerity, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, Human rights | 1 Reply

Maximus company ‘lied’ about user-involvement in inspection contracts

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A company controlled by the disgraced US outsourcing giant Maximus apparently lied when it promised that user-led organisations would help it deliver a vital part of the care watchdog’s inspection programme, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Late last year, … Continue reading →

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Posted in CQC, DRUK, DWP, Maximus, Peter Beresford, Remploy, Shaping our Lives | Tagged Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Research will examine the ‘untold stories’ of LGBT service-users

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  By Raya Al Jadir New research will investigate the “untold stories” of disabled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the social care system. The study will explore the experiences of LGBT disabled men and women who use … Continue reading →

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Posted in CQC, Disability Discrimination, Human Rights, LGBT | Tagged disability rights, Human rights, Independant Living, LGBT, Stonewall | Leave a reply

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