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‘Systematic lack of inclusion’: Mencap calls for urgent government action to tackle healthcare inequalities faced by people with a learning disability during COVID
A new report from Mencap reveals unacceptable healthcare inequalities and discrimination during the pandemic.
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Mencap responds to CQC review into DNACPRs
Mencap responds to CQC review into DNACPRs
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Mencap calls for greater priority access to COVID vaccine for people with a learning disability
Mencap calls for greater priority access to COVID vaccine for people with a learning disability
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"Matt Hancock, please don't cancel Christmas for people with a learning disability": Mencap responds to DHSC guidance on care home visits
Today, the Department of Health and Social Care published new guidance to enable family contact for those living in care homes this Christmas.
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"Government waiting for the roof to fall in before repairing the leak": Mencap responds to the Chancellor's spending review
Today, the Chancellor announced the Government's one year spending review.
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"I am only human and if I cannot get a break then I will break myself": Eight months on from first lockdown people with a learning disability are still struggling without support as cash-strapped councils start further cuts
Nearly nine in ten people with a learning disability have still not have all their social care support reinstated eight months after the first lockdown, according to new Mencap survey
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Mencap responds to LeDeR review of deaths of people with a learning disability
Mencap responds to LeDeR review of deaths of people with a learning disability
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Social care "left firefighting and must receive financial support this winter": Mencap responds to the House of Lords Public Services Committee report
Today, the House of Lords Public Services Committee published its report, “A critical juncture for public services: lessons from COVID-19."
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PHE report on deaths of people with a learning disability: “The government has failed to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens” says Mencap
PHE report on deaths of people with a learning disability: “The government has failed to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens” says Mencap
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One in ten disabled people worry life will never return to normal: Mencap responds to the ONS's new statistics on the social impact of coronavirus on disabled people
Today, the Office for National Statistics has released statistics which reveal that disabled people are one group who have been hit hardest during the coronavirus pandemic.Today, the Office for National Statistics has released statistics which reveal that
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Mencap responds to ONS employment figures
Mencap responds to ONS employment figures
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Mencap responds to BBC YouGov survey on the experiences of people with a disability during the COVID crisis
Mencap responds to BBC survey on the experiences of people with a disability during the COVID crisis
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