Eye disability care worker in £16k payout
An auxiliary nurse has been awarded more than £16,000 in compensation after a health trust failed to put in place measures for her to return to work after developing a disability. Angela McCracken t…
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Aderemi v London and South Eastern Railway
Disability discrimination – normal day to day activities This decision is likely to be helpful to claimants seeking to show they have a 'disability'. The appeal tribunal stresses that one should lo…
Do people with disabilities get enough support from senior managers?
While researching my recent article about what office life is like for deaf people, one comment made by a finance manager, who is deaf, really stood out. He said: "senior people in organisations just …
Supporting disabled workers is win-win
A new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that disabled people continue to be put at a disadvantage in the workplace. They are not realising their full potential as the…
Abortion and disabled children: a tale of two Care Quality Commission reports
Serious failings in the support of disabled children are glossed over, while an unpublished report on abortion is leapt on... It feels like cheap point-scoring to say that abortion oppone…
NHS accused over deaths of disabled patients
Mencap inquiry finds institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities led to at least 74 deaths. The NHS is accused of causing the unnecessary suffe…
Discrimination at work due to a cancer diagnosis
Research has shown that most employers aren't aware that cancer is covered under the Equality Act 2010 as a disability. Your employer should provide help and support to enable …
