The Centre for Welfare Reform has published a damning report on the state of learning disability practice and policy in England. It is very much worth reading from a Scottish perspective too. The author of the report, Robin Jackson, sets out to show that: Successive governments in the UK have ignored people with a learning […]
Disability rights
What’s in a Name?
Camphill Scotland has written to Scotland’s Census about the way Camphill communities are categorised for the purposes of the national census. We think they should be categorised as ”˜intentional communities’ and not ”˜communal establishments’ as they are at present. This is an important issue as the census data is used by national decision makers to […]
Consultation on health and social care integration
We submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee’s inquiry into the extent to which the Integration Authorities (IAs) are doing enough to involve patients, carers, the third sector and other stakeholders in the design and future delivery of health and social care in their local area. Our evidence focused on ways in […]
