The NHS is planning to open a network of ‘calm and welcoming’ mental health A&Es across England to treat patients who are in crisis. The specialist units will be offered around-the-clock care to ease pressure on already overcrowded hospitals and emergency services. About 250,000 people went to A&E last year due to a mental health crisis – withContinue reading “NHS Plan To Open ‘Calm And Welcoming’ Mental Health A&Es Across England”
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What Are Remploy Workers Doing Now?
About 2,000 workers lost their jobs when Remploy factories closed. Remploy was set up in the 1940s, and it was perceived as a new way of tackling the issues of disability and employment, with one purpose, to give disabled miners and those injured in war, a job for life. But now, the concept of segregatedContinue reading “What Are Remploy Workers Doing Now?”
Remploy Factories!
Remploy is a company that’s owned by the DWP in the United Kingdom, which did supply work and employment placement services for disabled people. It was set up in 1945 under the conditions of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1945 and, over the years formed a web of 83 workshops across the UK. In 2007,Continue reading “Remploy Factories!”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 