Month: July 2018

Ministers have been accused of slipping an eight-week consultation on dramatic reforms ‘through the back door’ Via: Private probation companies given extra £170m as government scraps 'catastrophic' contracts

People diagnosed with terminal illness or recovering from surgery or injury are becoming isolated or confined to homes due to lack of mobility aid provision, report warns Via: Millions of injured and unwell may be 'trapped in their homes' because they cannot get a wheelchair, says Red Cross

Research by the British Red Cross suggests 4 million people miss out due to UK-wide shortagesMore than 4 million people a year have been denied the use of a wheelchair despite needing one after breaking a leg or having surgery, the British Red Cross has claimed.While those who needed a Read more…