Woman 'denied sight-save drugs'
A grandmother has said she will go blind unless she can persuade her local NHS to fund drug treatment.
11 Mar 2008
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Disabled care centre is reprieved
A day care centre which looks after adults with learning difficulties has won a temporary reprieve from closure.
11 Mar 2008
Is it wrong to select a deaf embryo?
New fertility legislation will make it illegal to use embryos with a known genetic abnormality in IVF treatment when ones without the same defect are available. Some deaf activists contend they do not have a disability
11 Mar 2008
Liberal Democrats back better support for children with special educational needs
The Liberal Democrat Spring Conference today backed measures to improve support for children with special educational needs (SEN).
8 Mar 2008
Liberal Democrat spring conference backs radical plans for the health service
The Liberal Democrat Spring Conference today backed plans to radically transform the NHS into a 'people's health service' by empowering individuals and decentralising control to local communities. The measures will set the NHS free from central government control, make it accountable to the people it serves through elected health boards and deliver high quality services to all guaranteed in a 'Patient's Contract'.
8 Mar 2008
Wheelchair lie mother is jailed
A mother who convinced her son he could not walk and kept him in a wheelchair for five years has been jailed.
8 Mar 2008