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Mencap welcomes Government report on making elections more accessible
Mencap welcomes Government report on making elections more accessible
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Royal Mencap Society excited to announce new leadership appointments to the Voices Council
Jack Welch will move to the position of Chair and Sam Jefferies and Andrew Wilson to Vice-Chairs.
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Mencap welcome blue badge announcement
Following the news that people with hidden disabilities will be entitled to a blue badge from next year, please see our statement.
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Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to new report, Transforming care - the challenges and solutions.
Today (Tuesday 29 May) the Voluntary Organisation Disability Group (VODG) published a new report, Transforming care - the challenges and solutions, which highlights on-going failures in NHS England's Transforming Care programme.
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Mencap respond to the Learning Disability Mortality Review
Today the Learning Disability Mortality Review report was published, highlighting again the health inequalities suffered by people with a learning disability and issues in the LeDeR programme designed to investigate and learn from deaths.
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Daniel Tozer Inquest
Today a Coroner gave his conclusion of an inquest into the death of Daniel Tozer in 2015.
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New research by Mencap shows rise in demand for specialised supported housing
New research commissioned by the learning disability charity Mencap, in partnership with Housing LIN, has revealed that the Specialised Supported Housing (SHH) sector is more than double the size of previous estimates and that demand for SHH is rising.
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Concerns over lack of clinical training causing avoidable learning disability deaths
New research suggests a lack of training for health professionals could be contributing to 1,200 avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability happening every year
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Mencap responds: Philip Hammond ‘derogatory’ disabled employment comments
A statement by Chancellor, Philip Hammond, suggesting an increase in disabled employment contributed to a fall in UK productivity, has caused outrage
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Mencap response to DWP roadmap to get 1 million more disabled people into work – mild and moderate learning disabilities overlooked
Mencap has responded to today’s (Thursday 30 November) announcement to get 1 million more disabled people into work with concern that people with mild or moderate learning disabilities have been overlooked.
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Budget silence on sleep-in funding – voices of people with a learning disability ignored – Mencap response
Mencap responds to today's Autumn Statement.
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New consortium takes over Changing Places
On the 15 November 2017, Mencap announced that the charity will be stepping down from the Changing Places Consortium, following 10 years of campaigning work.
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