Tag Archives: BBC

Lifelong learning cuts could affect people with ME

This has implications for people with ME who didn’t finish education or have any education while of school age. Wales to pay ‘high price’ for lifelong learning cuts,  11 October 2015, BBC Wales news online Wales could “pay a high price” … Continue reading

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Disability poverty rises

Disability poverty rose sharply in fourth year of coalition, by John Pring  on  July 3, 2015 in on Disability News Service The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according … Continue reading

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Work experience for disabled people with the BBC

Extend is a BBC-wide placement scheme which offers appropriately experienced and/or qualified disabled people a great opportunity to gain six months paid work within the BBC. Closing date for applications is no later than 3rd May 2015. More information   

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Distinct stages found in ME/CFS

Research abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is an unexplained incapacitating illness that may affect up to 4 million people in the United States alone. There are no validated laboratory tests for diagnosis or management despite global efforts to find … Continue reading

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Care cost calculator launched by BBC

The BBC has launched an online guide to the care system for the over-65s. The “care calculator” covers both residential care and the support provided in people’s own homes, for tasks such as washing and dressing. Users can submit their … Continue reading

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Carers & social care reform – Sylvia Penny interview

WAMES’ volunteer Sylvia Penny who cares for her adult daughter with ME, her adult son with asperger’s and her 90 year old mother, was one of the people interviewed on BBC Wales about the proposed changes to social care in … Continue reading

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Panorama: The great disability scam

Only half of all people with a disability are in work. BBC’s Panorama investigates if one of the government’s most ambitious welfare reforms, costing billions of pounds, can solve the problem of disability unemployment. Reporter Sam Poling reveals the private … Continue reading

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Painkillers are the cause of millions of headaches

The BBC reports the launch of the first NICE guidelines for the managment of headaches: Up to a million people in the UK have “completely preventable” severe headaches caused by taking too many painkillers, doctors have said. They said some … Continue reading

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