Daily Archives: 28/03/2012

Peers and MPs hear of young man’s six-month hospital nightmare

A disabled peer has dedicated a ground-breaking parliamentary report on independent living to a young man who has been prevented from leaving hospital for more than six months by “bureaucratic failure” and a lack of support.
Baroness [Jane] Campbell said his case illustrated her fear that disabled people’s hard-won rights to independent living “may be built [...]