Legal & policy
A well-known former pub in Southampton is to be converted into a home for six adults who need supported living, after the city council granted planning permission. The Angel, in Palmerston Road, will become a care home under conditional approval issued by Southampton City Council on 16 September. The decision comes only months [...]
Around 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to provide unpaid care, a report has found. More than one million people are estimated to have left work to care for ageing, ill or disabled loved ones over the past two years. One in five employees, equivalent to 6.7 million people, are balancing paid employment [...]
The US Navy failed to adequately investigate or protect pilots from potential brain injury linked to flying fighter jets, a congressional report has found. The House Oversight Committee said the Navy had not formally studied whether conditions including high G-forces, catapult launches and aggressive landing decelerations could cause cumulative neurological harm. It also found the [...]
Some disabled people could receive specialist equipment or services instead of part of their Pip cash award under proposals from government advisers. The idea is among emerging recommendations expected to form the basis of the government's Timms review of personal independence payment, or Pip, which is due to report in the next two months. As reported [...]
More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims against the sport’s governing bodies following a High Court ruling. The former rugby union and league players allege the governing bodies breached their duty of care by failing to protect them from injuries linked to repeated blows and concussions during their careers. Their lawyers [...]
A pensioner with Parkinson's disease, 86, has been convicted in a fast-track court over an unpaid vehicle tax bill of £3.34. The man, who lives on the outskirts of Newcastle, told the court about his health difficulties and that his wife, also 86, has Alzheimer’s disease. He explained that the annual £20 tax bill for [...]
E-scooter use has reached a “tipping point” in Ireland, the Irish national parliament heard, after figures showed a sharp rise in child brain injuries. The number of children and young people admitted to hospital with traumatic brain injuries after e-scooter incidents rose by 50 per cent year on year, according to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). [...]
A new government stroke plan aims to prevent thousands of premature deaths through improved prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. The Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework is intended to support better prevention, earlier diagnosis, faster treatment and more consistent care across health and care services. Around 33,000 people die prematurely from heart disease and stroke in the [...]
Two of the UK's leading specialist law firms have joined forces with Cerebral Palsy Scotland to launch a new Legal Support Network aimed at improving access to expert legal advice for people with cerebral palsy and their families. The network, spearheaded by Cerebral Palsy Scotland, brings together legal specialists with expertise in cerebral palsy, birth [...]
Government plans for a right to try scheme would let disabled people try work without losing benefits, but campaigners say more is needed to tackle hostile workplaces. Legislation laid before Parliament on Thursday will mean that people who start work or volunteering no longer automatically face a benefit reassessment, a prospect disabled people said was [...]
