Duty of all NHS staff in England to fight discrimination, review says

Inquiry calls for sanctions on ‘those that don’t meet expectations’ in shift away from dedicated diversity teams All the NHS’s 1.5m staff in England should tackle discrimination against disadvantaged groups,…

Disabled people should be considered before Covid rules are relaxed | Letters

A common theme in disabled people’s experiences of the pandemic has been a sense of profound inequality, writes Gemma Hope Many disabled people will be asking the same question as…

MPs force publication of report into struggles of poorer disabled Britons

Work and pensions select committee accuses ministers of ‘trying to bury uncomfortable truths’ MPs have forced the publication of a government-commissioned research report that found low-income people reliant on disability…

Disabled woman to take DWP to court over ‘immoral’ automatic benefit deductions

Helen Timson says third party deductions scheme can leave many without enough money to buy food A disabled woman is to challenge the Department for Work and Pensions in court…

MS charities decry UK postcode lottery for ‘life-changing’ drug

Nearly 70,000 estimated to be missing out on drug available on NHS in Wales and Scotland ‘It’s difficult to live a normal life’: MS patient denied drug People with multiple…

‘It’s difficult to live a normal life’: MS patient denied drug in NHS postcode lottery

Steven Brooks took fampridine as part of a trial but was later told the treatment was no longer available MS charities decry UK postcode lottery for ‘life-changing’ drug Steven Brooks’s…