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Mencap responds to “well-meaning gestures” of the Secretary of State’s daily coronavirus briefing and calls for funds to urgently reach social care services
Today the Secretary of State announced further measures to support the social care sector during the coronavirus crisis.
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NHS Decision Making Tool risks people with a learning disability being refused life-saving treatment, according to Mencap
The UK’s leading learning disability charity, Mencap, responds to the COVID-19 Decision Making Tool that has been circulated to clinicians working in the NHS, according to the Financial Times.
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Mencap responds to “concerning” GP letters about coronavirus medical treatment
The charity is urgently looking into this issue and will be challenging this advice from GP surgeries.
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Mencap responds to new NICE COVID-19 guidance
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new guidance on the care of patients in critical care during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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"Emergency measures must have the interests and safety of the most vulnerable in our society at its heart": Mencap responds to emergency CV19 bill
The Government has introduced emergency coronavirus legislation which makes provision for changes to the 2014 Care Act and application of the Mental Health Act.
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Over 2000 people with a learning disability and/or autism still locked away in inpatient unit while emergency coronavirus bill risks more being admitted
Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation call for urgent action and emergency investment in social care to stop more children and adults with a learning disability and/or autism being admitted into inpatient units during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Mencap responds to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's 2020 budget
"Social care reform is just as much of a grand project as any infrastructure scheme and could have an even longer legacy" - Edel Harris
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Government and NHS at risk of missing another target
No decrease in the number of children and adults with a learning disability and/or autism locked away in inpatient units
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Government and NHS at risk of missing transforming care targets
2,185 children and adults with a learning disability and/or autism locked away in inpatient units at increased risk of abuse and neglect.
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