Rights
Theresa May to consider axeing Human Rights Act after Brexit, minister reveals
Pathways from poverty: The future of the DWP
Court’s intervention to limit options is not a deprivation of liberty
Tory Vice-Chairman says there will be no Minister for Disabled People until Crisis Resolved
Woman with Down’s syndrome ‘loses independence’ after being stripped of free bus travel
Tory council set to force disabled people into residential care to cut costs
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
Further fire directed at Mental Capacity Act (Amendment) Bill
New analysis highlights ‘deeply flawed assumptions’ behind Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
DWP
Capita assessor lied about woman’s thoughts of suicide, recording shows
Man slams ‘ridiculous’ benefits system after winning third DWP battle in six years
Jack Carroll: ‘I was treated with derision and suspicion in my PIP assessment’
Jodey Whiting petition: Lib Dems back petition, but doubts over Labour
Tomlinson silent after ‘lying’ to MPs about benefits freeze
DWP’s latest confession on safety: ‘We keep no record of complaints linked to deaths’
Jodey Whiting petition: Seventh family demands justice over DWP benefit deaths
Jodey Whiting petition: DWP ‘has blood on its hands’, says Green party
Six families back petition to MPs calling for inquiry into DWP benefit deaths
NHS call for government action on link between mental distress and benefit cuts
DWP silent on figures suggesting ‘fit for work’ deaths may have fallen
DWP handed petition of 200,000 names on benefit assessment travel
Reaction to Rudd’s reforms: Tinkering, crumbs and fears of a Trojan horse for cuts
Jodey Whiting: DWP apologises, but no word on preventing future deaths
Social Care
Social care ‘national scandal and disgrace’
Social Care: Government urged to match words with actions
County councils urge government to ‘look again’ at social care funding formula
Cross-party group launched to tackle social care crisis
The NHS apprenticeships offering a new route to health and social care
Tory council set to force disabled people into residential care to cut costs
CQC admits one in five social care services have not been inspected in two years
Studies
Failed Alzheimer’s trial leaves families and patients heartbroken. Medical community reels
Dementia sufferers will trial a cannabis-based medicine that could ease symptoms
Other News
Claims of maggot-infested genitals in nursing home
Letters: hospital no place for those with dementia
Proposed new definition of Alzheimer’s aims to spot disease sooner
‘Dementia is the plague of our time, the disease of the century’
Brexit has ganged up with Alzheimer’s against my mother
Disabled peer criticises Lib Dem leader over support for ‘discriminatory threat’
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