April 2023

Eight serving and former Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over "discriminatory and offensive" messages sent on WhatsApp. The Met – the police service for the Greater London area – told the tribunal…
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More than 190,000 people could be waiting for an autism assessment by the end of next year, according to a new report from CHS Healthcare, Autism and ADHD: The damaging waits for assessment.
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Mencap have welcomed new recommendations set out in the independent review of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and said the right community support could prevent 'terrible outcomes' for people with a learning disability.
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Four years ago plans were ushered in to extend blue badge applications to people with hidden disabilities like Parkinson’s disease, autism, dementia and epilepsy. The government promised the move would “change thousands of lives”, but has…
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The Department of Health and Social Care announced today (Tuesday 4 April) that funding promised to the social care workforce in England is to be halved.
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Mencap has welcomed the government’s new Autistic Employment Review, but highlights the importance of including people with learning disabilities, with just 27% in paid work.
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Nearly a third (31%) of disabled people were persistently waiting for a hospital appointment, test or to start treatment over the winter period, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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