NHSScotland and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Other Useful Links

Scottish Executive links:

• European Year of Disabled People 2003
• Review of Services for People with a Learning Disability
• Fair for All - developing inclusive attitudes and practices that permeate every aspect of services so that people have their diverse needs recognised.
• Involving People - a central resource committed to improving Public/Patient Focus and Quality
• The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
• People and Society - disabled people - information about the Executive Equality Unit's activities to mainstream disability equality issues throughout its policies and procedures and to tackle discrimination and prejudice.

Other Links:

• Disability Information Services - Facilitated by the Queen Elizabeth's Foundation "making high quality, impartial and independent disability information available to enquirers across the UK.
• Disability Resources - A directory of information about products, services and facilities and weblinks of interest to disabled people, their families and carers.
• www.disability.gov.uk - UK Government Department for Work and Pensions: Disability Unit website
• Information Resource for People Working in the Field of Visual Disabilities - this site has evolved from work carried out by Dr Janet Silver of Moorfields Eye Hospital London and Dr John Gill of the Royal National Institute for the Blind
• Ethnic Enable - An organisation run by people affected by disability for people affected by disability to enrich life experiences for individuals from minority ethnic Asian traditions.
• Scottish Disability Sport Online - information on major issues concerning disability sport in Scotland
• NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
• GPWeb - GP premises procurement guidance

   

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