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More people locked up in modern day asylums during lockdown: Mencap says Government must not use COVID-19 as excuse to let human rights scandal continue
More people locked up in modern day asylums during lockdown: Mencap says Government must not use COVID-19 as excuse to let human rights scandal continue
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Mencap responds to ADASS Budget Survey 2020
Mencap responds to ADASS Budget Survey 2020
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Mencap responds to report from the JCHR on the human rights abuses of people with a learning disability and/or autism locked away in inpatient units during the COVID-19 crisis
Through unlawful bans on visits, the suspension of routine inspections, increased use of restraint, and the vulnerability of those trapped in inpatient units to COVID-19, people’s rights are at risk during this crisis.
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Mencap responds to CQC death data on people with a learning disability and calls for Government to extend priority testing to people with a learning disability
Mencap responds to CQC death data on people with a learning disability and calls for Government to extend priority testing to people with a learning disability
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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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