COVID-19: WinVisible backs Hammersmith & Fulham’s support of disabled people

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is well-known as the only borough in the whole of England to have free homecare services.  Other resident-friendly policies include no bailiffs to recover debt, universal free school meals for primary-age children and a free meals pilot for secondary-school students.  Meals are provided to all school students, not just low-income families, … Read more

Legal challenges on critical care and food

Good news of two legal challenges being prepared, to tackle: the refusal of critical care medical treatment to disabled people the struggle to get basic food supplied by supermarkets Access to critical care NHS treatment The NHS COVID-19 “decision support tool“, a chart used to refuse critical care to older and disabled people, has alarmed … Read more

Lobby MPs vs refusal to treat, DNR

Many older and disabled people are being pressured to sign Do Not Resuscitate forms, and many frightened of going to hospital as official NICE and BMA guidelines state that we can be deprioritised for medical attention, intensive care and denied ventilators.  Thanks to our friends at Disabled People Against Cuts for putting together a template … Read more