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Equal treatment: closing the gap: information for primary care trusts, local authorities and strategic health authorities
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report probed the experience of people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities of primary care services in England and Wales (1) after international research showed that these two groups were at higher risk of serious physical health problems. From December 2006, the NHS – including Primary Care Trusts in England and Local Health Boards in Wales - will come under the Disability Equality Duty which places them under an obligation to ensure that their policies and practices do not discriminate, and do promote equal opportunities for disabled people. But a wide range of current practices, identified by the investigation, could clearly breach this duty. The investigation provides important new evidence that people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems are more likely to experience major illness, to develop serious health conditions at an earlier age and to die of them sooner than other people. Yet they are also less likely to receive some of the important evidence-based treatments and health checks than others with the same condition but without a mental health condition or learning disability. They also face real barriers to accessing services.
Maintaining standards: promoting equality: professional regulation within nursing, teaching and social work and disabled people's access to these professions: report of a DRC formal investigation
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 255p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report brings to debate the question about maintaining professional standards. It is right for an individual’s health issues to be managed in the workplace, rather than calling on the workforce regulator to take decisions on behalf of an employer. The Code of Practice for Social Care Workers sets out the standards of professional conduct and practice required of social care workers as they go about their daily work. This includes an individual’s responsibility to inform their employer about any personal difficulties that might affect their ability to do their job competently and safely.
Maintaining standards: promoting equality: professional regulation within nursing, teaching and social work and disabled people's access to these professions: summary report of a DRC formal investigation
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report brings to debate the question about maintaining professional standards. It is right for an individual’s health issues to be managed in the workplace, rather than calling on the workforce regulator to take decisions on behalf of an employer. The Code of Practice for Social Care Workers sets out the standards of professional conduct and practice required of social care workers as they go about their daily work. This includes an individual’s responsibility to inform their employer about any personal difficulties that might affect their ability to do their job competently and safely.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995: code of practice; employment and occupation
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 222p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Code of Practice (COP), explains how disabled people are protected from discrimination if they are in employment, if there are seeking employment, or if they are involved in a range of occupations. It also gives guidance on the law which is intended to help lawyers when advising their clients, and to assist courts and tribunals when interpreting new legal concepts. It came into force on 1 October 2004, when it will supersede the 1996 "Code of practice for the elimination of discrimination in the field of employment against disabled persons or persons who have a disability"
Disability equality: making it happen; first review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 92p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
Legislation alone cannot create equality or change attitudes. However, it can set clear standards of acceptable behaviour and provide redress for individuals who have suffered injustice at the hands of others. The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was the first formal acknowledgement in law of the existence of disability discrimination and the need for legal remedies to counter it. In this sense, the DDA has undoubtedly been a milestone rather than a millstone, to echo some of the comments of the time. Nevertheless, it was – and remains – limited in comparison with a full civil rights vision and flawed in some fundamental ways. The DDA has already been significantly strengthened since its passage in 1995. The Disability Rights Commission was established in April 2000 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 remedied one of the most substantial gaps in the law.
The web: access and inclusion for disabled people: a formal investigation conducted by the Disability Rights Commission
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 48p.
This report demonstrates that most websites are inaccessible to many disabled people and fail to satisfy even the most basic standards for accessibility recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is also clear that compliance with the technical guidelines and the use of automated tests are only the first steps towards accessibility: there can be no substitute for involving disabled people themselves in design and testing, and for ensuring that disabled users have the best advice and information available about how to use assistive technology, as well as the access features provided by Web browsers and computer operating systems. Disabled people must frequently overcome additional obstacles before they can enjoy the full range of information, services, entertainment and social interaction offered by the Web: blind people need sites to provide, for example, text as an alternative to images for translation into audible or legible words by specially designed screenreading devices; partially sighted people may be especially reliant upon large-format text and effective colour contrast; people who are dyslexic or have cognitive impairments may benefit in particular from the use of simpler English or alternative text formats, such as Easy Read, and from the clear and logical layout of an uncluttered website; people whose first language is British Sign Language may also find Plain English indispensable; and people with manual dexterity impairments may need to navigate with a keyboard rather than with a mouse.
A guide to the legislative review, first review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The DRC believes that acting on the Task Force recommendations such as extending full disability rights to all employees, in housing, transport and public functions and placing a positive duty on the public sector to promote equal opportunities for disabled people should be a Government priority.This report includes the Task Force recommendations that the Government has yet to agree or act upon in the Legislative Review.
Legislative review: first review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; consultation
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
The Disability Review Commission (DRC) has a duty by law to keep the Disability Discrimination Act under review and where necessary provide proposals for change. This consultation document outlines the underlying principles behind the proposals for change, and looks at the areas of employment, goods and services, definition of disability and genetic discrimination and human rights.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995: code of practice; rights of access; goods, facilities, services and premises
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 175p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This code replaces the original one published in 1996. It takes account of further duties placed on service providers to make adjustments when the physical features of their premises make it impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people to use their services. Although these remaining deities do not come into force until 1 October 2004, this code is issued so that service providers may be proactive and to assist them to prepare for their future obligations.
Disability Rights Commission: annual review 2001-2002
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
Annual review of the Disability Rights Commission, an independent body established by Act of Parliament to eliminate the discrimination faced by disabled people and to promote equality of opportunity. When disabled people participate as citizens, customers and employees everyone benefits. Therefore the Disability Rights Commission has set itself the goal of promoting "a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens".