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Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services

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Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services

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The Women and Equalities Committee is launching three sub-inquiries, drawing on evidence to our Unequal impact: Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on people with protected characteristics inquiry.

Read more about our decision to launch the sub-inquires here.

In this sub-inquiry, we want to look in more detail at ways of easing some of the problems disabled people are facing when they need access to essential services during the pandemic. We’ll look at access to food, health and social care and education. We also want to think about how the Government could improve its communications and consultation with disabled people about guidance and policies that are having substantial effects on their daily lives. 

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fourth report: Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: full Report
Inquiry Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services
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Fourth Special Report: Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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Easy read: Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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1st Report - Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: interim Report on temporary provisions in the Coronavirus Act
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2nd Special Report - Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: interim Report on temporary provisions in the Coronavirus Act: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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2nd Special Report - Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: interim Report on temporary provisions in the Coronavirus Act: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families to the Chair relating to the Committee’s report ‘Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: full Report’
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Correspondence from the Minister for Care to the Chair relating to the Temporary Coronavirus Act provisions affecting disabled people
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Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Chair for Children and Families relating to the Temporary Coronavirus Act provisions affecting disabled people
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Oral evidence transcripts

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2 September 2020
Inquiry Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services
Witnesses Vicky Ford, Victoria Prentis, Justin Tomlinson MP, Helen Whately, Sarah Baker, Antonia Williams, and Martin Woolhead
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Inquiry Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services
Witnesses Celia Ingham-Clark MBE (Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness at NHS England), and Ali Fidy (Chief Executive at Independent Provider of Special Education Advice)
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Inquiry Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services
Witnesses Professor Gillian Leng CBE (Chief Executive at NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)), Kate Terroni (Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at Care Quality Commission), Simon Williams (Director of Social Care Improvement at Local Government Association), and Charlotte Ramsden (Vice President at Association of Directors of Children’s Services)
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Written evidence

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RNID (CVD0043)
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Dr Andrew Power (Associate Professor in Human Geography at University of Southampton), and Ms Laura Kerr (Manager at People First Dorset) (CVD0030)
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Royal National Institute of Blind People (CVD0029)
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