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Forward as ENABLE Group
Date: April 1, 2021- Category: CEO blogA year ago when we entered our first lockdown, no one could have predicted where we would be today. The uncertainty has been felt keenly by families across the country, and especially by our most vulnerable citizens. Our objective as an organisation was to keep our staff and the people…
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Cross Party Group on Learning Disability urges Scottish Government to take urgent action to uphold the human rights of people who have a learning disability during Covid-19
Date: February 17, 2021- Category: Campaigning newsENABLE Scotland is the secretariat for the Cross Party Group on Learning Disability in the Scottish Parliament. The Cross Party Group (CPG) meets four times a year, and considers issues that impact on the human rights of people who have a learning disability in Scotland. Members of the Cross Party…
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ENABLE Scotland calls for greater support for people who have a learning disability to access COVID-19 vaccinations
Date: February 11, 2021- Category: Press releasesFollowing the publication of mortality data for people who have a learning disability in Scotland as a result of COVID-19, ENABLE Scotland is calling for greater support for this population to access the vaccination in Priority Group 6 in line with current JCVI guidelines. As of this week, data is…
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ENABLE Scotland concerned at Scotland’s COVID-19 mortality rates and delay in data
Date: February 10, 2021- Category: Press releasesEvidence from Public Health England first published in the Summer of 2020 suggests that people who have a learning disability in England are 6 times more likely[1] to die as a result of COVID-19 than the general population. On 4th February 2021, the Scottish Learning Disability Observatory (SLDO) has published…
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