D-Day looms for disability equality duty...but is everybody ready?
With the disability equality duty coming into force this December there are concerns that some public bodies are not ready for the change. Elizabeth Choppin reports
27 Oct 2006
Bedford Shoppers Flock To Sign Hospital Petition
Christine McHugh was joined by Bedford's Lib Dem MEP, Andrew Duff in Silver Street on Saturday, asking shoppers to sign the petition to "Save Bedford Hospital" from the well publicised cuts.
27 Oct 2006
Government plans for benefits 'alarming'
Government plans to give charities and private companies the power to cut benefits have "set alarm bells ringing" across the disability world.
27 Oct 2006
Alzheimer's jab trial resurrected
Research into a vaccine for Alzheimer's disease, which was stopped early on safety grounds, is to be resurrected. It was designed to reverse the disease's progression by clearing the beta amyloid protein that causes the disease.
27 Oct 2006
Outrage over disabled parking fee
A decision by a Derby hospital to charge disabled patients for parking has been branded a "monstrous tax on the sick" by disability campaigners.
27 Oct 2006
Campbell sets out agenda for family-friendly policies
In a speech to the National Family and Parenting Institute today, Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell said policies can only be family friendly when they put support, care and value for individuals at their heart, describing this as the Ethic of Care. He outlined Liberal Democrat policies that put ethic of care into practice by: helping to strengthen family relationships; coping with family breakdown; and raising the standard of childcare.
27 Oct 2006