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One year on from Whorlton Hall abuse scandal yet people with a learning disability and/or autism still locked up during lockdown
One year on from Whorlton Hall abuse scandal yet people with a learning disability and/or autism still locked up during lockdown
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Mencap sounds the alarm as higher proportion of people with a learning disability dying with Covid-19 than people in care homes
Mencap sounds the alarm as higher proportion of people with a learning disability dying with Covid-19 than people in care homes
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"Huge loss to our community": Mencap responds to NHS England data on the number of people with a learning disability who have died of COVID-19 in hospital
At least 451 people with a learning disability and/or autism have died of COVID-19 in acute hospitals in England so far during the coronavirus crisis.
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Mencap responds to the lack of transparency of data on COVID-19-related deaths of people with a learning disability
Mencap responds to the lack of transparency of data on COVID-19-related deaths of people with a learning disability
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Mencap responds to ONS statistics on the social impact of COVID-19 for people with a disability
Mencap responds to ONS statistics on the social impacts of COVID-19 for people with a disability
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Locked up during lockdown: Government target missed yet again to release people with a learning disability and/or autism from ‘modern day asylums’
Mencap and Challenging Behaviour Foundation warn that the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to even more vulnerable people being admitted to inpatient units.
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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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