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CQC review of DNACPR must consider wider issue of blanket decisions
Yesterday, the Care Quality Commission shared more information about the scope and approach of its review into the use of Do Not Attempt…
Dying to get it right: Supporting people with learning disabilities to address health inequalities in the face of coronavirus
People with learning disabilities are much more likely to die from coronavirus than people without learning disabilities. And Black and…
Liberty Protection Safeguards: Controversial role for care home managers shelved for now
VoiceAbility welcomes the government’s decision not to make care home managers responsible for the process to decide whether a person is…
Continuing Healthcare Assessments: the case for independent advocacy
The PHSO report on continuing healthcare highlights the challenges people face in accessing ongoing care for long-term complex health needs.…
Response to ‘Out of sight – Who cares’: We can prevent the repetition of abuse
Jonathan Senker, chief executive of VoiceAbility, responds to ‘Out of Sight- Who Cares’, the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) review of…
Practice during the pandemic
Advocacy has never been needed more than it is now. The stories below show our commitment to overcoming the challenges of practice during a…
Advocacy Awareness Week 2020
It’s Advocacy Awareness Week - a great opportunity to raise awareness of the power and impact of independent advocacy on people’s lives.…
How can we protect people’s rights during coronavirus?
Jonathan Senker explores key lessons from a new report which draws on the experiences of advocates and people using social care and health…
Valuing voices: Protecting rights through the pandemic and beyond
This new report warns that disabled people and care home residents have seen their human rights breached and access to independent advocacy…
Improving lives and addressing abuse: Commissioning for change
Reflecting on the abuse of women at Yew Trees hospital, reported by the CQC this week, VoiceAbility’s chief executive Jonathan Senker calls…
Upholding rights and valuing voices: Advocacy principles for coronavirus and beyond
Explore the advocacy sector’s shared vision for advocacy in coronavirus and beyond
Coronavirus and human rights: our submission to parliament’s Joint Committee of Human Rights
We provided evidence on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on human rights