Disability Talk

The NHS is to start investigating the deaths of more than 100,000 mental health patients a year in a drive to cut the number of fatalities that are linked to poor care of those with …

Heads Together is a charity and mental health initiative spearheaded by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, which combines a campaign to tackle stigma and change the conversation on …

Police Scotland have claimed UK government benefit changes may be linked to a rise in robberies. The forces report said welfare reform, including the introduction of universal credit, may have helped push robberies up by …

We’ve never hid our dislike of the £56bn HS2 railway project arguing that the money could be better spent on making the whole rail network, including the London Underground, accessible to all. We shall be …

In 2013 the Alzheimer’s society launched their annual ‘Dementia Friendly Awards’. The awards celebrate individuals, organisations and communities leading and inspiring a change that will transform the lives of people with dementia forever, challenging misconceptions, …

The life of Geraldine Elliott feels like a work of fiction, with every combination of heartache and achievement; it epitomises the strength of a woman who went from being profoundly deaf as a child, to …

By Martyn Sibley Without technology I’d be screwed! This weeks video asks the question, what technology do you use to enable your life and career? To play the video CLICK HERE Obviously I use my wheelchair, …

More than 12,000 NHS cases have been referred to the national whistleblowing tsar in the past 18 months. Henrietta Hughes – National guardian for the health service. She stated that employees had reported twice as …

Professor Philip Alston is the UN’s Special Rapporteur (2014 – 2020) and has recently visited this country. He is known as the UN’s poverty envoy. This is what he had to say. AUSTERITY “I am …

The Mental Health Foundation have been working on something very exciting and are thrilled to announce the launch of MHF LIVE. It’s their brand new music fundraising initiative! Rita Ora “Please join me to raise money …