DWP has announced the improvements it has made to support the most vulnerable claimants in response to the Oakley Review. In his independent review of sanctions, published in July 2014, Matthew Oakley acknowledged the important...
Nearly a quarter of Britain’s disabled people suffer loneliness through government social care cuts and benefits changes, a charity’s research reveals. Worst affected are those aged 18 to 34. Over a third of them feel...
Thousands of frontline medics, police, and firefighters are struggling with mental health problems but are too scared to ask for help, a survey reveals. Shocking figures released by the mental health charity Mind shows that...
Overweight patients are being denied routine treatment by four out of five clinical groups in England, an investigation has found. Procedures including IVF, hip replacements and even hair removal are refused if the patient is...
Autism is almost entirely genetic in origin, according to new research that suggests the condition is more heritable than previously thought. Genetic influence on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was estimated at between 74 per cent...
James Moore, a wheelchair user and journalist, writing in The Independent, gives his views on how badly disabled people are served. Businesses are losing £1.8bn a month by failing to consider the needs of their...
Articles in several of the press today saying that a health watchdog is asking for plumbers and boiler engineers to report cold homes to the council to slash winter deaths. Around 25,000 extra brits –...
The NHS has sacked 79 bureaucrats after a government probe into tax-dodging. The Treasury have revealed today that the suspects who were employed in 2013 – 2014 could not prove they were “meeting their tax...
Fiona MacRae for the Daily Mail writes how suffering from bereavement, many older people seek help from a GP to cope with the crushing feeling of loneliness. But they are often misdiagnosed with depression –...
A DRUG dealer who peddled cocaine using his disabled mother’s taxpayer-funded Motability car has been jailed. Wayne Elphick, 43, cruised the streets looking for clients in the specially adapted Seat Leon – which was bought...
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