Author: Doug Paulley

Wheelchair user and residential care user, sometimes thorn in the side of authorities.

On the nature of party balloons and catheters

When you deflate a balloon it never goes back to its original shape. This isn’t usually a problem. But it is in this context. Those are silicone Foley catheters, if you are wondering. I’ve got a hole through my abdomen into my bladder, into which the above gets pushed (with medical lubrication) and is held…

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Proof of email server receipt = proof of receipt of FOI request

The ICO has decided in decision notice FS50559082 (yet to appear on the ICO’s website, so for now check the annotation on WhatDoTheyKnow) that server logs indicating receipt by a public authority’s email server constitute persuasive proof that the authority received the request. 12. The Commissioner notes that there is evidence to show that around…

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Clare Pelham, Leonard Cheshire’s CEO, doesn’t support legal action for disabled peoples’ rights

Clare Pelham, Leonard Cheshire’s Chief Executive Officer, was interviewed by Peter White today on Radio 4 “You and Yours” about disabled peoples’ difficulties in accessing buses. This is because their survey of 179 wheelchair users found “over nine out of ten (92%) wheelchair users had been refused a space on a bus” and “three in…

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