A care time bomb is ticking with the number of older people affected by chronic conditions and disability set to soar in the next eight years, experts have warned. Scientists
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Robert Gordon University (RGU) is set to host a regional child protection event, in partnership with the Child Protection Committees of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray. The event – titled ‘Disability
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Disabled people will be offered internships in the Scottish Government as part of a series of measures to help them into work. The internship programme starts in September and forms
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Two children unnecessarily made to use wheelchairs because their mother “fabricated” illnesses were “neglected” by council social services bosses, a family court judge has said. Judge Vera Mayer said a
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The Government has failed to deliver more than £4 billion in planned cuts to disability benefits, new analysis has found. Senior Labour MPs accused the Tories of “creating further waste
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A major new discovery has been made towards finding the cause of multiple sclerosis – potentially paving the way for new treatments. Scientists have found a new cellular mechanism which
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Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of Birmingham and Sport England to develop evidence based guidelines to help social workers to have conversations with disabled people in receipt of
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Ministers have unveiled changes that will allow disabled people to keep their specially adapted cars and other vehicles for longer should they have their benefits withdrawn. Those who lose eligibility
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More than 50,000 disabled people have had specially adapted cars and other vehicles taken away as they move over to a controversial new disability benefit, according to the charity that
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Thousands of disabled people who suffer from progressively worsening conditions will face reassessment for their benefits this year, new figures show. Campaigners and MPs are now demanding changes to stop
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