An emergency card is being issued to disabled people in Lancashire. The e-card bears the person's photograph together with their personal and medical information. PCSO James Holland is issuing the card after finding many people believed they had become victims of crime solely because of their disability.
An event is taking place in Chippenham to highlight the needs of people with disabilities.
Commenting on today's [Monday] Healthcare Commission report criticising the quality of healthcare services for people with learning difficulties, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb MP said:
Charities report that crime against the disabled is worryingly common. But two years after a law targeting disability hate crime came into force, the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are only now facing up to the scale of the problem.
Inequalities in the provision of specialist child mental health services have worsened in the last seven years, a survey shows. The Royal College of Psychiatrists found the number of in-patient beds in England had risen from 844 to 1,128.
Commenting on the new tests for gaining Incapacity Benefit announced by the Government today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander MP said: