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WE WANT TO WORK: Disability activists protest previous welfa
Features / 20 March 2025
20 March 2025
By making Personal Independence Payments harder to access, Labour is creating another barrier for those already struggling with soaring care costs, workplace discrimination and prejudiced employers, argues RUTH HUNT
A person placing a swab from a Covid 19 lateral flow test in
Features / 15 March 2025
15 March 2025
The NHS continues to say Covid spreads primarily through ‘droplet and touch’ while the WHO emphasises airborne transmission, meaning vulnerable patients and healthcare workers face unnecessary risks, reports RUTH HUNT
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Features / 21 December 2024
21 December 2024
Behind the Samaritans’ promise to always listen, callers face secret restrictions and automated blocks while the charity admits setting limits without clearly warning ‘frequent’ users they risk getting cut off — or why, writes RUTH HUNT
model houses on a pile of coins and bank notes
Features / 30 July 2024
30 July 2024
What’s needed are more truly accessible homes, radical reform of the private sector to protect disabled tenants, and a less myopic view of the housing market focused on ‘homeowners,’ argues RUTH HUNT
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Features / 25 April 2024
25 April 2024
When over-fifties fracture bones from minor falls, scanning could show if they have this debilitating condition, and steps can be taken to treat it. Major delays and lack of scanners means this isn’t happening properly, writes RUTH HUNT
NHS hospital
Features / 8 April 2024
8 April 2024
RUTH HUNT reports on a campaign urging government action to address the life-threatening state of bowel care, the need for a new national policy and adequately trained staff to ensure patient safety and dignity
patient
Opinion / 9 February 2024
9 February 2024
Access needs for patients with mobility issues still a problem at many NHS trusts, writes RUTH HUNT
Spinal injury
Features / 28 November 2023
28 November 2023
Patients and professional bodies are united in calling for action to support those with spinal injuries who are facing unique challenges over heating bills, reports RUTH HUNT
terminal illness
Opinion / 13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Major bodies that once opposed giving terminally ill patients the right to end their lives have changed their position as demand to reform the laws here in Britain grows, reports RUTH HUNT
GP
Opinion / 18 May 2023
18 May 2023
RUTH HUNT offers a personal view of the UK ‘opioid crises’
THREAT: Minister for disabled people Tom Pursglove in the de
Features / 28 April 2023
28 April 2023
An attack video so outrageous it has already been deleted shows exactly how the mainstream political parties scapegoat disabled people for votes — and do lasting damage, explains RUTH HUNT
disabled
Features / 13 March 2023
13 March 2023
People with serious disabilities like spinal cord injuries are being caught up in the rise of evictions and forced into unsuitable and unsafe temporary housing. A new report calls for regulation, writes RUTH HUNT