News - Liberal Democrat Disability Association

Charities criticise new government sleep-in crisis review

Charities have expressed concern after the government announced a new review of the potential bill facing social care providers for historic underpayment of staff. Providers have been urging the government to rethink enforcement action over back-pay for sleep-in shift workers, which the sector estimates could cost it up tp £400m and bankrupt many providers, for the past year, arguing that the government changed its National Minimum Wage (NMW) guidance in October 2016.

by Rob Preston

20 Feb 2018

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Total football goal for disabled fans

Disabled supporters say football still lags a long way behind cinemas, museums and other public buildings in terms of access and facilities. Going to a football match is a full-on sensory experience in which a drama with an unknown ending will unfold in front of you. The soundtrack is provided by the competing noise of two sets of rival fans, plus there's that sense of belonging to and being with your tribe. And of course there's even the smell of that welcome half-time pie wafting around the stadium.

by David Allison

2 Feb 2018

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Personal Independence Payment - all the 1.6 million claims done so far, will be reviewed.

Every person receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will have their claim reviewed, the Department for Work and Pensions has said. A total of 1.6 million of the main disability benefit claims will be reviewed, with around 220,000 people expected to receive more money.

1 Feb 2018

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Braden Moreton jailed for beating disabled teen

A leader of a drugs gang, who beat and robbed a disabled man he thought owed him a debt, has been sentenced to 14 years in a young offenders institution. Carlisle Crown Court was told Braden Moreton, 19, of no fixed address, attacked his victim with a hammer, a wrench and even his own crutches.

1 Feb 2018

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Average age of first stroke in England falls, figures show

The average age of people in England who have a stroke for the first time has fallen over the past decade, new figures show. It dropped from 71 to 68 for men and 75 to 73 for women between 2007 and 2016, Public Health England data shows. Over the same period, the proportion of first-time strokes suffered by 40 to 69-year-olds rose from 33% to 38%.

by Alex Therrin

1 Feb 2018

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Patients 'sent home to no heat or light'

Frail and vulnerable patients are being trapped in an "endless cycle" of going in and out of hospitals in England, the British Red Cross is warning. The charity said the pressure on the NHS meant hospitals were rushing some patients home before they were ready and without adequate checks being made. It said its staff had found patients in distressing situations, sent back to homes with no heating or lighting.

by Nick Triggle

1 Feb 2018

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