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‘Clear action needed’ to help carers

A charity has called for “clear and decisive action” from the new UK Government to improve carers’ lives. Carers UK issued the call amid mounting concerns about the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) using bailiffs to recover Carer’s Allowance...

‘Devastating’ lack of school places

Families in Northern Ireland struggling to find a special school place for their children face “devastating consequences”. That’s the view of the Alliance Party’s education spokesperson Kate Nicholl. The member of Northern Ireland’s legislative assembly (MLA) for South Belfast says...

CQC slams mental health services

A report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has slammed the treatment of autistic people and those with a learning disability in the UK’s mental health services. The annual Monitoring the Mental Health Act report has highlighted the lack of...

Govt ‘must fix Carer’s Allowance’

A charity has called on the new Labour government to overhaul the “grossly unfair” Carer’s Allowance. The Carers Trust says if the new UK Government is serious about growing the economy, the broken Carer’s Allowance system must change. Labour has...

Scientists link autism to gut health

Researchers have linked autism to gut health. Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong believe the findings could help develop a new diagnostic tool for autism. They found alterations in four gut microbes and highlighted 31 biomarkers that they...

Medics fail autistic and LD patients

Pain can express itself as self-harm and be missed because of diagnostic overshadowing in people with autism and a learning disability, according to new research. Diagnostic overshadowing happens when medics automatically attribute a person’s symptoms to their autism or learning...

Ex-judge blasts safeguarding orders

A retired judge says the growing use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) safeguarding orders is symptomatic of a “catastrophic failure“ to provide suitable care for children with complex needs. Sir James Munby said the UK Government has failed to address...

Mum slams adult mental care for teens

The mother of a teenage boy who took his own life after a spell in adult psychiatric care said no young person should experience these settings. Dr Jane Macdonnell said autistic son Harris, 19, was afraid of returning to Huntlyburn...

Welcome for benefit overpayment plan

Plans to text and email carers at risk of benefit overpayments have been welcomed by a charity. Carers UK said it was reacting “positively“ to the move by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP faced criticism for...

Hospital closure a ‘shambles’

A parent campaigner says the delayed closure of scandal-hit Muckamore Abbey Hospital in Northern Ireland is a “shambles”. Glynn Brown says the closure of the facility, in County Antrim, is little more than a poorly planned cost-cutting exercise. Run by...

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