Wednesday 3 December 2008

NHS mental health inquiry launched

A probe into children's mental health services was announced by the Scottish Parliament's Health Committee yesterday.

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Theory on brain's rhythms offers some new hopes

The chairman of neuroscience and physiology at the New York University School of Medicine, Rodolfo Llinas, has put forward a theory that abnormal brain rhythms help account for a variety of serious conditions, such as tinnitus, Parkinson's disease, depression and schizophrenia.

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Tuesday 2 December 2008

BSI consults on first British Standard for accessible websites

A British Standard will give business owners guidance for building and maintaining websites that are accessible to disabled people. RNID is mentioned in the article. This news story was also mentioned on The Register website (theregister.com).

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Economic downturn causing drop in donations to charities

Donations to charities in Northern Ireland have dropped as a result of the economic downturn.

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Claimants 'should be work ready'

Almost everyone on benefits would have to prepare themselves for work or face sanctions under proposals in a welfare reform report commissioned by Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell.

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Patients going 'private' on NHS

Thousands of patients a month in England are using a government reform to get what is effectively private treatment paid for by the taxpayer.

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Monday 1 December 2008

Disabled are bullied

People with disabilities and those with long-term ill-health are facing higher levels of hostile and negative treatment in the workplace according to new research published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission this week.

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Third of Scots 'breadline poor'

Almost a third of Scottish households are "breadline poor", according to Sheffield University research commissioned by the BBC.

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