News - Liberal Democrat Disability Association

Mistreatment of elderly in NHS, and the whistle blowing nurse

You may have heard about Nurse Margaret Haywood, a whistle blowing nurse struck off the Nursing register for secretly filming inhuman & degrading treatment of elderly patients in a NHS hospital, for BBC Panorama. 42000 people have now signed an online petition from the Royal College of Nursing calling for her re-instalment. It has been a catalyst for an outpouring of grief and anger about poor and unequal treatment of the elderly that is all too common in the NHS.

10 Jun 2009

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Clegg backs Carers Week

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats on being asked about what he thought about Carers and Carers' Week, said

10 Jun 2009

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'Britain's carers need greater recognition' says Annette Brooke MP

Annette Brooke MP has teamed up with TV and radio presenter Jonathan Dimbleby to support this year's Carers Week. To celebrate the contribution made by those people in Mid Dorset and North Poole and throughout the UK who provide unpaid care for someone who is ill, frail or disabled.

10 Jun 2009

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Disabled car badge misuse tackled

(copied from BBC website)

20 Oct 2008

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Fatty acids clue to Alzheimer's

(Copied from BBC website)

20 Oct 2008

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Fibromyalgia: first step forward is EU recognition say MEPs

Just imagine what would happen if the word 'fibromyalgia' was casually dropped into conversation. Chances are there would be a lot of blank faces staring back. So just think what its like for the 14 million people in the EU, whose condition, fibromyalgia, is at the moment not even recognised as a disease.

17 Oct 2008

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