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Letters: Wake-up call on learning disabilities
As a 70-year-old parent of 39-year-old twin sons, one with mild and the other with profound learning disabilities, I was saddened by but welcome the disturbing Mencap report ( NHS accused over disabled patient deaths , 3 January) alleging unnecessary suffering or deaths of at least 74 patients with a learning disability because of poor care that reveals enduring “institutional discrimination” among doctors and nurses. On the whole my sons have had excellent NHS care, although once while visiting my hospitalised son I found him unshaven and unable to feed himself while his food remained on a plate in front of him.
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Letters: Wake-up call on learning disabilities
Cameron’s Tourette’s ‘joke’ sums up his party’s attitude to disabled people | Jess Thom
Using a disability to insult Ed Balls is cheap, but don’t apologise to people like me with Tourette’s – stop your assault on the NHS David Cameron has said in an interview that sitting opposite Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, during prime minister’s questions is “like having someone with Tourette’s sitting opposite you”.
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Cameron’s Tourette’s ‘joke’ sums up his party’s attitude to disabled people | Jess Thom
NHS accused over deaths of disabled patients
Mencap inquiry finds institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities led to at least 74 deaths The NHS is accused of causing or contributing to the deaths of at least 74 patients with a learning disability because of poor care that reveals enduring “institutional discrimination” among doctors and nurses. The 74 vulnerable patients’ deaths over the past decade were either caused or complicated by mistakes in hospitals and decisions by staff who failed to treat them properly and displayed ignorance or indifference to their plight, according to the charity Mencap and families of some of those who died.
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NHS accused over deaths of disabled patients
Why we need to care for the carers | Sue Yeandle
Looking after those who care for friends and relatives costs less than what we’d have to spend if they couldn’t do it, writes Sue Yeandle Some 6.4 million people in the UK care for sick, disabled or frail friends and relatives – and they’re often punished for doing so. Many of them pay a “triple penalty”: damage to their health; a poorer financial situation; and restrictions in everyday life.
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Why we need to care for the carers | Sue Yeandle
Learning disability units found lacking in wake of Winterbourne View scandal
Four of first five services inspected after the Winterbourne View abuse scandal don’t meet essential standards, commission finds Four of the first five services for people with learning disabilities that were subject to snap inspections in the wake of the Winterbourne View scandal have failed to meet essential standards of care and safety.
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Learning disability units found lacking in wake of Winterbourne View scandal
Stroke survivors have their say on research priorities
Scottish stroke survivors have been highlighting the research they want to see done into the condition What are the best ways to improve cognition after a stroke? How can stroke survivors and families be helped to cope with speech problems?
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Stroke survivors have their say on research priorities
