Women 'losing out' on heart care
Emergency care for female heart failure patients lags behind that offered to men, a UK-wide survey shows.
15 Nov 2007
Emergency care for female heart failure patients lags behind that offered to men, a UK-wide survey shows.
A post office which was moved to a shop basement is proving hard for disabled users to access, it has been claimed. The Bishop Street post office in Leicester closed and the new branch opened in Gallowtree Gate's WH Smith.
A sacked London park worker has been awarded record compensation of £550,000 because he was the victim of disability discrimination. The man, who suffers learning difficulties, was unfairly sacked from his job by Lambeth Service team, an employment tribunal in Croydon found.
A Devon college that offers vocational training for disabled people is cutting it staff numbers by nearly half in a streamlining move. The St Loye's Foundation in Exeter will go from 73 to 39 staff, with 34 potential redundancies between April and August 2008.
The team behind the Wallace and Gromit cartoons have unveiled six new characters - all with disabilities.
Up to 2,000 jobs could still be at risk at Remploy - the government-owned manufacturing firm for disabled workers - the BBC has learned. After unsuccessful negotiations with unions, the company is planning to go ahead with closing 28 factories.