July 2022

The government has been criticised for "lack of action and urgency" in its response to the Health and Select Committee report into the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities.
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Two new easy read guides Get ready to talk about your health and 3 questions for health have been produced by NHS Knowledge and Library Services.
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A BBC News investigation, Locked Away: Ukraine’s Stolen Lives, has exposed the abuse and neglect of disabled people locked away in institutions across Ukraine.
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Hft has launched a new transition to employment programme for adults over 25 years with learning disabilities and/or autism to gain competitive, marketable skills to enter into paid work.
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The latest report from the LeDeR project hit the headlines last week after it found that the gap in life expectancy between people with a learning disability and the general population appears to be worsening. Self advocates are now urging…
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Oxfordshire is the latest local authority to trial the government’s new adult social care charging reform system ahead of the national rollout in October 2023.
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Fifty disability charities have written to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the two remaining candidates battling to become the next Prime Minister, asking them to prioritise people with disabilities in plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. 
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A damning report by the Health and Social Care Committee has found that the NHS and social care sector are facing “the greatest workforce crisis in their history”.
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Hundreds of social care workers, providers and those who draw on social care lobbied parliament this week to tackle the recruitment and retention emergency in social care provision.
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Co-production is where everybody works together on an equal basis to create a service or come to a decision that works for them all. Mikey Erhardt from Get Yourself Active looks at how it can benefit grassroots sports projects for people…
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