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Closure of Remploy factories will devastate the lives of hundreds of disabled workers
‘We’ve no chance. I can’t see myself working again’
Irshad Mohammed tells Charlie Cooper the closure of Remploy factories will devastate the lives of hundreds of disabled workers
Irshad Mohammed will always remember the moment he lost the job of 35 years at the Remploy factory in Acton, one of 54 such workplaces in the UK that specialise in employment for the disabled. On Wednesday afternoon, at 2pm, he and his colleagues were told that their factory was shutting down. Thirty-five others are set to close across the company, with the loss of more than 1,700 jobs.
“We thought there would be some closures, but never on such a scale,” Mr Mohammed, 54, told The Independent. “We thought that at least one London branch would stay open. But all three – Barking, north London and Acton – will close. I argued with the management on the day. I said: ‘Look at what you are doing. You say that disabled people should get work at normal factories but there is widespread unemployment out there. There are students with degrees who cannot get jobs. We will have no chance’.”
Nurses will be given the chance to learn about Learning Disabilities
Rotation scheme boosts learning disability nurse recruitment
9 March, 2012 | By The Press Association
Newly-qualified nurses have been given the chance to specialise in learning disabilities as part of a new ‘rotation’ scheme in Hertfordshire.
The initiative has been introduced by Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust (HPFT) to tackle a shortage of Learning Disability Nurses (LDNs).
Through links with local higher education institutes, the scheme allows nurses to experience a number of different specialist areas in their first year of employment, before deciding to focus on just one.
