The chairwoman of a United Nations committee has accused the Government of creating a “human catastrophe” for disabled people in the wake of cuts. Policies pursued by the Government have
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Paramedics are dealing with more than 10,000 mental health-related call-outs each year, according to new figures uncovered by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Ambulance crews were called to 10,895 incidents in
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A senior MP has called for an urgent review of assessments for disability benefits, amid warnings people are having their payments withdrawn incorrectly and are being forced to use food
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Disabled people are being “increasingly marginalised and shut out of society” as they bear the brunt of Government spending cuts, the UK’s equality and human rights bodies have warned. Campaigners
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A United Nations committee will hear from British disability campaigners that the Government is breaching the rights of disabled people and ignoring requests for information on key issues. On Monday
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The number of disabled motorists has fallen by nearly 80,000 in just two years, prompting fresh criticism of Government reforms to disability benefits. Figures show a 6% fall in disabled
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More than 1,000 mental health patients have been sent out-with their health board area for treatment in the past three years, according to new figures. A freedom of information request
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Staff shortages forced closures at a quarter of children’s wards and more than 40% of baby units at Scottish hospitals, new research has found. A total of 25% of paediatric
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Sarah Champion has resigned as shadow women and equalities secretary and apologised for her “extremely poor choice of words” in a newspaper article about child abuse. The Labour MP warned
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Social Services Minister Rebecca Evans has praised Powys’s health and social care services for becoming the first area in Wales to jointly implement a new IT system that helps health
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