A couple lost valuable time together after their local authority placed a woman in a care home against her wishes following a hospital stay, the Local Government and Social Care
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Prisoners and people who have been arrested are still being ill-treated in many cases in Scotland, according to a watchdog set up to prevent inhuman punishment. The European Committee for
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It is “reasonable” to legally require care home staff to be vaccinated against coronavirus, the UK’s human rights watchdog has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said a
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A legal challenge against the Secretary of State and Stormont over the failure to commission and fund abortion services in Northern Ireland will start later. The Northern Ireland Human Rights
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Government guidance on care home visits must be underpinned in law to protect the rights of residents and their families, according to a report. The Joint Committee on Human Rights
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Individuals’ human rights were potentially breached in more than 500 cases where do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions were made during the coronavirus pandemic, the care regulator has said.
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Campaigners are threatening the Government with legal action over guidance which they claim imposes a “blanket ban” on elderly care home residents making visits to family and friends at Christmas
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A ban on care home visits in the winter lockdown would violate the “fundamental human rights” of residents and their families, the National Care Forum (NCF) has told Matt Hancock
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A disabled computer science graduate who said he felt “traumatised” after being removed from his home against his will and taken to hospital has won a four-year legal fight. Aamir
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The Government’s “two-child limit” for welfare payments will cause “deep and inescapable child poverty”, the UK’s highest court has been told. It “fails to recognise children as deserving of social
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