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

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

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

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

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

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

Access needs for patients with mobility issues still a problem at many NHS trusts, writes RUTH HUNT

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

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

RUTH HUNT offers a personal view of the UK ‘opioid crises’

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

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

The lack of NHS mental health provision for young people has led to many placements, out of sight and out of mind, in so-called ‘specialist,’ privately run units. This comes at great cost for all involved, writes RUTH HUNT

A new screening method to ‘catch’ patients with emerging and existing mental health problems is proposed, but will the resources and treatment on offer result in the change that is so desperately needed, asks RUTH HUNT

The government is ignoring key advice on further deterioration in social care provision, writes RUTH HUNT

It is estimated pressure ulcers cost the NHS about £3.8 million every day and are a particularly dangerous — even deadly — problem for those with spinal injuries. This is why a new awareness campaign has been launched, reports RUTH HUNT

It is still legal to give a tenant only two months to leave their home even if they have done nothing wrong, and proposed changes to this system are still no more than words — Labour must take up the cause of renters, writes RUTH HUNT

A new report highlights how patients are being moved ‘out of area’ to private-sector units at massive cost and with minimal evidence of improvement to health. RUTH HUNT reports

New guidance from Nice could strip those with severe symptoms from the support they need, writes RUTH HUNT

RUTH HUNT looks at why those with a severe mental illness, who can die up to a decade younger than others, need better understanding and support when accessing all forms of healthcare

From a lack of dual trained staff, to inadequate building design, mental health hospitals struggle to meet the needs of people with physical disabilities, says RUTH HUNT

RUTH HUNT talks to those who have been kept out of the workplace through discrimination over their mental health

There is consternation that allowing assisted dying to be legalised would impact the disabled — but if it is limited to the terminally ill, as we expect it will be, I support it, writes RUTH HUNT

Having Boderline Personality Disorder added to your file when you are really just autistic can be devestating, potentially leading to being treated with suspicion and your valid concerns being dismissed, warns RUTH HUNT