UK Supreme Court overturns Cheshire West ruling, removing legal safeguards for disabled people
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The UK Supreme Court has overturned the 2014 Cheshire West ruling, which had broadened legal protections for disabled people unable to consent to care restrictions. Campaigners warn this decision could remove vital safeguards for hundreds of thousands of disabled individuals relying on health and social care systems, fundamentally altering their lives by narrowing who qualifies for protective legal oversight.
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· 2 pulledCampaigners have expressed 'deep concern' over a ruling by the Supreme Court that could 'fundamentally' alter the lives of hundreds of thousands of disabled people who rely on the health and social care systems.
This week's ruling has overturned a 2014 decision by the same court – which became known as the Cheshire West ruling – which had widened the definition of who would be protected by the system that protects service-users who are unable to consent to restrictions.
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