The closure of scores of public toilets across Britain has caused social isolation for some elderly and disabled people, leading nurses have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has
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Disabled people are being trapped inside their homes because of a “chronic” shortage of suitable housing, a new report warns. The Equality and Human Rights Commission said 365,000 disabled people
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Two severely disabled men have begun a High Court challenge against the Government’s controversial Universal Credit benefits scheme, which they say has left them unable to meet many of their
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Pregnant women in Wales will be the first in the UK to be offered a safer and more accurate test for Down’s syndrome, according to the Welsh Government. The new
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The purpose of this Evidence Review is to examine the latest practice, policy and evidence, bringing together social work in the 21st century, and reforms to support families with disabled
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MPs and campaigners have urged the Government to go further in reforming benefits for disabled people after ministers published their response to a major review. The Department for Work and
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The families of two disabled men severely injured at a care home said a report into how authorities handled the cases has confirmed fears they have been raising for three
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An official report has been unable to rule out a cover-up in the case of two disabled men who were severely injured at a care home which is now the
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The UK is to plough £20 million towards an ambitious plan to rid the Commonwealth of the leading cause of preventable blindness over the next two years, officials have announced.
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MPs have launched a fresh inquiry into benefit sanctions amid warnings of troubling cases and extreme harm being caused to disabled people. The Work and Pensions select committee will analyse
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