“A doctor once suggested letting me go in because of my quality of life” Rahima has a learning disability and says doctors often treat her unfairly She's worried after the NHS downgraded its ambition to give more people like her annual health checks bit.ly/4hpfWHJ

Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years bbc.in/41D3QFs

People with learning disabilities have the "right to a diagnosis" says one local woman living with incurable breast cancer itv.com/watch/news/peo…

"The doctors asked [my sister] if she wanted me to be resuscitated or not...the doctor did not ask me to be involved." Rahima Begum felt that she was ignored in hospital because of her disability 👇 bigissue.com/opinion/doctor…

1/1🗣️People with a learning disability die up to 20 years younger than the general population, even though this could be avoided with the right healthcare.

Last week I finished up my contract with Mencap, where I had the privilege of leading their health campaigning work during a critical period. For my next contract I’m excited to be joining the team at UNICEF UK working on Soccer Aid for the next few months!

#WorldHumanitarianDay 🚨PRESS RELEASE: 2025 SET TO BE DEADLIEST YEAR ON RECORD AS ONE AID WORKER KILLED, INJURED OR KIDNAPPED EVERY DAY SINCE 2000  savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-cen…

#Gaza STATEMENT: IPC confirmation of famine in Gaza “Today’s confirmation of famine in Gaza by the IPC is the official stamp on a tragedy we have been warning about for months." savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-cen…

Today’s confirmation of famine in Gaza by the IPC is the official stamp on a tragedy we have been warning about for months. The UK - and Israel's other allies - cannot say they didn’t know this would happen. Read my full statement here: savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-cen…

"There is no world leader that didn't know this was coming, that hasn't been warned" Dan Stewart, head of news at Save the Children, is working in Gaza and says that every bench in the clinic is packed with sick mothers and children trib.al/PidaaS2 📺 Sky 501

Gaza’s children are enduring unimaginable suffering. On BBC World Service’s The Interview podcast I spoke about our work in Gaza, risks for staff, how this conflict has trashed the rules of war and my previous visit in 2008 when Israel imposed a blockade. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Text Copyright © 2015 Michael Rosen, published by Smokestack Books ‘Don’t Mention the Children’ was written in 2014 by the children’s author, poet and activist Michael Rosen following a The Guardian report that the Israeli government had banned a radio advert naming children

🚨PRESS RELEASE: Annie Lennox, Guy Pearce and Poppy Delevingne amongst stars fronting poignant poetry project denouncing the killing of children in #Gaza Content and spokespeople available for interview savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-cen…

'There would never ever ever be a safe space in Gaza again', is what one Palestinian child replied when asked what would make them feel safe Dan Stewart, Head of News, Save the Children UK describes to Yalda Hakim the impact of the war on children in Gaza

"The humanitarian situation on the ground continues to be catastrophic." Our piece in the Guardian today on the urgent need for long-term unimpeded aid access in Gaza. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"Humanitarian aid is a right and an obligation and cannot be superseded by political negotiations and political or military goals. Aid is a tool for relief, not control." 📰Alison Griffin writes for Guardian Opinion theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza’s frontline: ‘Even the silence is frightening’ bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

For the past year we’ve investigated how the care system, NHS and courts are failing and neglecting learning disabled people, with fatal consequences. They consistently tell us: we don’t have a voice. We decided to listen. Their words should shame us all itv.com/watch/news/it-…

STATEMENT: As a state of emergency is declared freezing temperatures of up to –20 degrees Celsius (-4F) have forced the closure of many schools across Ukraine so far this year, after a near doubling of attacks on energy infrastructure savethechildren.net/news/ukraine-f…

Gaza: "Under the new restrictions it would take over a year for those that need urgent medical evacuations to leave #Gaza. Rafah border must be opened without restrictions, anything less is a facade." Shurouq, Save the Children International multimedia manager in Gaza savethechildren.net/news/news-quot…