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Mencap responds to new CQC plans for regulating adult social care
Mencap’s response to the plans and priorities set out in A Fresh Start for the Regulation and Inspection of Adult Social Care by the new Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care for the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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The O2 flushed with success for launch of the UK's 500th disabled loo
The 500th Changing Places fully accessible disabled toilet was officially opened at The O2 last night by pop music fan Hannah James from Greenwich.
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Queen’s Speech – Fair for who? Mencap responds.
Mencap response to the Queen's speech.
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Care Minister makes trip to see ex-Winterbourne resident
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb will be visiting a former Winterbourne View patient at his new home in Taunton today.
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Mencap’s response to the Judicial Review ruling on the ‘bedroom tax’
Statement from Mencap about the Judicial Review ruling on the 'bedroom tax'
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Where are the Winterbourne View patients now?
NHS England has today reported that, of the 48 patients from England who were at Winterbourne View hospital, 34 are now in social care settings and 14 still remain in hospital.
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Mencap statement regarding the Department of Health’s response to the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with a learning disability
Mencap statement regarding the Department of Health’s response to the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with a learning disability.
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Mencap responds to Government's disability strategy
Mencap responds to the publication of the Government’s strategy for ensuring that disable people are able to achieve their goals and have an active role in society.
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Mencap backs damning report into death of 23 year old Tina at Basildon Hospital
Tina Papalabropoulos was 23 years old and lived at home with her parents and her sister. She died on the 30 of January 2009 at Basildon Hospital.
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Mencap targets CCGs with charter to eliminate health inequalities in the NHS for people with a learning disability
Mencap has launched a charter to eliminate health inequalities in the NHS, as new research reveals that over 1,200 people with a learning disability die prematurely every year in NHS care.
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Mencap responds to Cineworld ban of girl with Down’s syndrome
Mencap responds to the news that Cineworld banned a girl with Down’s syndrome from a screening as she was 'laughing too loudly'.
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Mencap research: “scandal of avoidable death” as 1,200 people with a learning disability die needlessly every year in NHS care
New research by Mencap highlights the scale of discrimination faced by disabled patients in the NHS, following the publication today of shocking findings from an independent Inquiry into deaths of people with a learning disability
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