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Mencap comment on DWP target to uphold 80% of appealed benefit reconsiderations
Mencap comment on DWP target to uphold 80% of appealed benefit reconsiderations
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Accessible guides launched to prevent General Election being inaccessible to 1 million adults with a learning disability
70% of people with a learning disability said that they want to vote in the future, but 64% have felt unable to in previous elections1
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Mencap statement on select committee supported housing report
On Monday 1 May 2017, A Select Committee released a report examining The Governments plans to change supported housing.
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1 million voters with a learning disability risk being overlooked if political parties fail to produce accessible Manifestos
Campaign launched urging parties to produce ‘Easy Read’ Manifestos at same time as main version
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Mencap respond to Public Accounts Committee report on Care for People with Learning Disabilities Inquiry
Today (Wednesday 26 April) the Public Accounts Committee has published its report on its inquiry into the delivery and progress made by Department of Health and NHS England’s Transforming Care Programme
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Over three quarters of people with a learning disability are missing out on vital support at GP surgeries
Mencap and NHS England launch Don’t Miss Out guides and video to improve healthcare provision for people with a learning disability
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NHS England to close England’s last long-stay institution for people with a learning disability – Mencap and Challenging Behaviour Foundation response
NHS England announced today that plans to close England’s last stand-alone NHS learning disability hospital, Calderstones, will go ahead after publishing the results of a consultation on its closure.
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Tessa Bolt becomes the first person with Down’s Syndrome to give evidence to a parliamentary committee
Yesterday (Tuesday 7 March 2017) Tessa Bolt has made history as the first known person with Down’s Syndrome to give oral evidence to a parliamentary committee.
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Mencap responds to claims that people with a learning disability should be able to work for less than minimum wage
Disability campaigner Rosa Monckton wrote an article in The Spectator which argued that people with a learning disability were being prevented from working because employers were required to pay minimum wage
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Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to National Audit Office report on progress to close inpatient units for people with a learning disability.
Todaythe National Audit Office published its report titled “Local support for people with a learning disability”
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NHS England must stop sending people with a learning disability to large institutions – Mencap response to Channel 4 Dispatches
Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to Channel 4’s Dispatches programme (broadcast Wed 1 March 10pm)
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Government ‘billed’ by disability campaigners for planned cuts to disability benefits
Disabled people and MPs present giant invoice outside DWP and Treasury offices
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