A house containing the latest technology to help people with disabilities live an independent life has been unveiled in Cornwall. The SMART house is the latest innovation by Tremorvah Industries, which is run by the county council.
Children with learning disabilities will no longer be left out of the UK schools' equivalent of the Olympics after a threat of legal action. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has told the organisers of the UK School Games that the exclusion was discriminatory and unlawful.
Doctors are increasingly prescribing exercise for people with depression, mental health campaigners have found. In a survey of 200 English GPs, the Mental Health Foundation found 22% suggest exercise to help people with milder forms of the condition.
A pioneering treatment for diabetes is being rolled out across the country with experts believing it could eventually lead to a cure. Six centres are receiving nearly £10m of government funding to offer transplants of insulin-producing cells.
A new online guide has been launched to help promote businesses in Fife which provide a disabled-friendly service. DisabledGo has rated shops and other services based on their ability to cater for people in wheelchairs or who have visual or hearing difficulties.
More than half of nurses on mental health wards have been physically attacked, a survey suggests. Nurses working with older people are the most likely to be assaulted, the joint Healthcare Commission and Royal College of Psychiatrists report said.