Mate Crime
Rescare staff were saddened to read the following report in the Wirral Echo today: “The number of people with autism and Asperger’s syndrome being subjected to mate crime in Merseyside is “staggeringly high” according to a report from Wirral Autistic Society. The report’s findings – based on a survey undertaken by the organisation earlier this […]
Botton Early Day Motion (EDM). More sponsor MPs sought.
Catherine West, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in Parliament on BottonVillage. EDM 249 is entitled “Volunteer Vocational Co-Workers at Botton Village Community for Adults with Special Needs”. Full details of the EDM may be found here on the Parliament website . The Parliament website also provides an […]
Camphill Village Trust and Action for Botton agree binding Mediation Settlement
The following news-item appeared on the Action for Botton website on 4th July 2015: Mediation settlement agreement in High court case 4 July 2015 In the battle for the soul of the Camphill communities there is now a light at the end of the tunnel and it’s not an oncoming train! For those of you […]
Law Commission review of DOLS to be ‘speeded up’
Cheshire West, DOLS and the Law of Unintended Consequences. Minister announces speeding up of Law Commission Review. On 17th June 2015, Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab) introduced a debate in the Commons ‘that this House has considered deprivation of liberty safeguards assessments’. In doing so she highlighted a) the financial consequences of the current situation for […]
Conservative appointments to government: key ministerial names
Following the general election on May 7th, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced ‘appointments to government’. Many ministerial positions remained unchanged, but there were a few significant new appointments. The following is a list of ministers at the three departments, whose activities affect the learning disabled and carers.
Learning Disabilities Census Report – Further Analysis, 2015
The Learning Disabilities Census was introduced in the wake of the Winterbourne View Enquiry. The results of the 2014 census have been subject to further analysis, and a report has just (30th April) been published on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website The Report’s Summary reads as follows: This report presents further findings […]
Disabled Facilities Grant Funding via Better Care Fund
Disabled Facilities Grant Funding via Better Care Fund – An Opportunity to Improve Outcomes(?) April 2015 saw the introduction of a significant change in the way that national funding for disabled facilities grants is paid. Henceforth the Better Care Fund will receive the money, and the allocation will then to be passed on to the […]
A new resource on the Children and Families Act 2014.
Factsheets And Template Letters. A new resource on the Children and Families Act 2014. Irwin Mitchell LLP is a large firm of solicitors, established in Sheffield in 1912 and now with offices in ten British cities. It has considerable experience in family law and issues relating to learning disability. A page devoted to the Children […]
Judge Rules PIP Delay Unlawful
The following court decision has just been announced. A delay in paying welfare benefits to two disabled people was “unlawful” and “unacceptable”, the High Court says. The unnamed pair waited nine months for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs), and they said this left them dependent on loan sharks and food banks.
LD expert publishes revised assessment of Care Act
A Revised Overview of the Care Act… Luke Clements (Cerebra Professor of Law at Cardiff University, and solicitor with Scott-Moncrieff & Associates Ltd.) has now (1st May) published his updated Overview of the Care Act 2014,which he describes as ‘a briefing concerning the impact of the Act, the guidance and regulations’. This is a comprehensive […]