Carers UK research on the bedroom tax
18 July 2013
In July 2013, Carers UK published research showing that the Government is failing to protect carers and disabled people from ‘spare room’ cuts.
In July 2013, Carers UK published research showing that the Government is failing to protect carers and disabled people from ‘spare room’ cuts.
In May 2013, the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) published ‘Mental Health Advocacy and Human Rights: Your Guide’.
Report from the University College London (UCL)’s Institute of Health Equity, published March 2013, examines the role of health professionals in reducing health inequalities.
In March 2013, the London School of Economics’ Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, published a paper entitled ‘A question of quality: Do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?’.
This article, published by the British Medical Journal, investigated whether the uneven rise in prosperity between 1999 and 2008 accounted for differential increases in life expectancy in English local authorities.
In March 2013, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a report on inequalities and multiple discrimination in access to and quality of healthcare.
In March 2013, the Refugee Council and Maternity Action published a report which looks at the experiences of pregnant women in the asylum system, based on interviews with asylum seeking women and midwives responsible for their care.
In March 2013, the Women’s Health and Equality Consortium (WHEC) published a briefing of the outcomes from its ‘Women’s Health, Women’s Voice’ local events.
In 2013 the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) published the first EU-wide study on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). A public consultation on combating FGM ran until 30 May.
In February 2013, the Care Quality Commission published a report on home care services.