Engage: If not now, when? The long overdue promise of social care reform
In his first speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson promised to ‘fix the crisis in social care once and for all, with a clear plan that we have prepared’. But
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Tag: Vulnerable Adults
Landmark ruling allows care workers to legally facilitate vulnerable client visits with sex workers
Care workers who help vulnerable people to visit sex workers will not be breaking the law, a senior judge has said. In a landmark ruling, a judge in the Court
Read More
Engage: How pandemic responses neglected disabled people’s rights
The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on disabled people, who make up six out of ten COVID-19 related deaths in the UK, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Read More
Seven face prosecution for alleged mistreatment of vulnerable patients at NI psychiatric hospital
Seven people are to be prosecuted for alleged mistreatment of patients at a Northern Ireland hospital for adults with severe learning disabilities and mental health needs. It is understood the
Read More
Man at serious risk of choking died in burger joint after care company failed him, family says
The family of a man who choked to death after a support worker took him to a pub for a burger says he was failed by a care company, after
Read More
Two agency nurses guilty of ‘gross failures’ kept jobs at care home despite errors, coroner told
Two agency nurses whose “gross failures” contributed to the death of a disabled woman were allowed to keep working at a care home because they “knew residents well”, a coroner
Read More
Teenager at high risk of sexual exploitation moved to specialist unit for her own protection
A woman in her late teens who has a learning difficulty and a history of being sexually abused by men is under close supervision at a specialist unit for her
Read More
Engage: COVID-19 – why are people with learning disabilities at greater risk?
When it comes to people with learning disabilities and COVID-19, the statistics are damning. In the UK, people with learning disabilities are at least four times more likely to die
Read More
One in seven needing social care required hospital treatment during pandemic – report
More than a quarter of people who need social care have seen their health deteriorate during the coronavirus pandemic, with one in seven requiring hospital treatment due to a lack
Read More
Charities urge people with underlying conditions to take coronavirus vaccine
Scores of charities have written an open letter to encourage people with underlying health conditions to come forward for a coronavirus vaccine. Cancer Research UK, Mencap and the Terrence Higgins
Read More