Monday 12 May 2008

Rights and Wrongs

For the first time, a UK recruitment agency has been found guilty of discrimination against a deaf woman. RNID supported Pauline Alexander's case against Sales Link Services.

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Aid to end care OAPs home sale

The Government will unveil plans today which will prevent millions of elderly people who need long-term care from being forced to sell their homes.

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Elderly face selling their property due to '£6bn funding shortfall for care homes', ministers warn

Ministers are warning that the country is facing a £6billion annual shortfall in funding for the elderly and disabled unless radical action is taken. Gordon Brown will today launch a major consultation to ask how the Government, families and tax payers should share the costs.

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MPs set to back new embryo research laws

MPs will reject demands for tighter controls on abortion but are ready to allow new laws pushing back the boundary research on human embryos, according to a survey carried out by The Guardian.

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NHS waiting list goal likely to be missed

Latest Department of Health figures suggest a milestone in the government's drive to ensure that no one waits more than 18 weeks for hospital treatment looks set to be missed.

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Brown vows to make care 'fairer'

Gordon Brown is outlining the need to reform social care for Britain's ageing population and says that, without radical reform, the care system in England alone faces a £6bn shortfall within 20 years.

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Friday 9 May 2008

Sound of silence at station

RNID Scotland is asking commuters at Waverley Station to imagine a world without sound. RNID Scotland director, Delia Henry, said the charity is asking people to think about how they would feel if they lost their hearing and was not able to hear the sounds around the station they take for granted, such as trains arriving, platform announcements and passengers chatting or laughing.

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