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2019 Review Blog – What A Year!

December 28, 2019
Lucy Watts MBE
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Well, what a year 2019 has been. Not the best on the health front by any stretch of the imagination, but an incredible year in many other ways. This year is the year I was announced as the 9th most…

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3rd December

December 3, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
advocate, awareness, benefits, Blog, BLOG, care, Carers, charity, children, chronic illness, complex needs, coproduction, disability, Disability Discrimination Act, disability rights, disabled, discrimination, equality act, future, health, healthcare, human rights, illness, legacy, parliament, patient group, Patient Leader, patient network, politics, Public Involvement, quality of life, representative, rights, sexuality, spokesperson, unpaid carers, wheelchair
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Today, 3rd December, is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. As a woman with a disability living in the UK, I wanted to write a blog to celebrate this day and talk about some issues that are important to…

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A Political Manifesto By Molly Dog

April 18, 2018
Lucy Watts MBE
assistance dog, benefits, Carers, disability, discrimination, dog, dog aid, future, health, healthcare, hospital, human rights, manifesto, Molly, NHS, parliament, politics, rights, social services, wheelchair
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My name is Molly (Molly Dog [with a blog] to my followers) and I am a 5 year old working class, dog, a Working Cocker Spaniel to be precise. I live in the beautiful place called Benfleet in Essex, where…

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For The 49,000 – House of Commons Reception for Together for Short Lives

February 13, 2017
Lucy Watts MBE
assistance dog, benefits, Blog, BLOG, care, charity, children, end of life, family, healthcare, illness, life limiting, MP, palliative, quality of life, rare disease, Together for short lives, transition, young people
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On Tuesday 7th February 2017, I attended my third event at the House of Commons for Together for Short Lives, with the theme of #forthe49000. The event was hosted by Stuart Andrew MP. A fantastic day was had by us…

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Is England accessible?

September 9, 2013
Lucy Watts MBE
access, benefits, BLOG, Blog, blue badge, disability, disabled, discrimination, equality act, human rights, London 2012, olympic legacy, paralympics, rights, scroungers, wheelchair
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Is England accessible?Much as the UK has, in some ways, made great strides with respect to those with disabilities, it still has a long way to go. Disability discrimination is still happening. Most places are not fully wheelchair accessible. Being…

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