New fund to provide significant cost savings to employers of disabled people

Aiming to make more opportunities available to those with disabilities, a new tech fund has been announced offering employers cost savings on assistive technology for disabled employees.

New disability allowance scheme means hundreds lose their benefits

During the transition from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), hundreds of people with disabilities on the Isle of Wight have lost their disability allowance after being reassessed under the new system.

REPORT: Report highlights fire risks of mobility scooters in residential buildings

A report, commissioned by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), has underlined the importance of safe use, storage and charging of mobility scooters in residential buildings to reduce the risk of fires occurring.

REPORT: New report raises taxing question about NHS funding

A new report, ‘Securing the future: funding health and social care to the 2030s’, has said that to meet the growing healthcare demands of a larger, older population, more money will need to be spent on the NHS and taxes will need to be raised.