Social care leaders to be trained to use assistive tech to free up staff time and facilitate independent living
Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that care leaders will be trained to use…
Scottish Government announces £10m funding for Changing Places toilets
The Scottish Government has announced £10 million funding over the next two years to create around 150 Changing Places toilets for disabled people across Scotland.…
£2.2m funding to help older and disabled people make adaptations to their homes in Wales
The Welsh Government has reallocated £ million to the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) to support housing adaptations for older and disabled people, enabling them to…
DHSC appoints new Strategic Adviser to the Secretary of State
Sir John Oldham has accepted a direct ministerial appointment to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) as Strategic Adviser to the Secretary of…
Fewer people to receive PIP under government welfare reforms
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has proposed a raft of reforms to the health and disability benefits system…
UK Government called on to amend classification that makes powered wheelchairs ‘not in a class’
The Wheelchair Alliance, an organisation which represents the voices of wheelchair users, is urging the UK Government to act now on an update to current guidance…
Spring Statement 2025: Key points for the assistive technology sector
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, yesterday delivered the Spring Statement 2025, which delivers the UK Government’s spending plans and…
Crucial government leadership now vital during digital switchover, APPG warns
The Digital Communities All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has criticised successive governments for the handling of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) migration in its first…
House of Commons ‘devastatingly’ votes against bill amendments to exempt health and care providers from employer NIC increase
On 19 March, the House of Commons voted against a bill that would see health and social care providers exempted from the employer National Insurance…
BREAKING: NHS England to be formally abolished, Keir Starmer announces
Prime Minister Keir Starmer In a speech delivered today by the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, about reforms to the civil service and the way the…