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Leading independent living figure tells peers of crucial role of personal assistance

By John Pring on 9th June 2022 Category: Independent Living

Leading independent living figure tells peers of crucial role of personal assistance
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One of the most influential figures in the European independent living movement has told peers how the use of personal assistants has given him “a life, a job” and the ability to contribute to society. Dr Adolf Ratzka was giving evidence […]

Ministerial duo dismiss concerns over social care funding crisis

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Independent Living

Ministerial duo dismiss concerns over social care funding crisis
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Two ministers have dismissed mounting evidence of a care funding crisis and have repeatedly insisted that local councils have all the money they need to “effectively” deliver social care services. Both social care minister Gillian Keegan and local government minister Kemi […]

Call for action on care charges, after woman’s suicide was linked to council’s invoices

By John Pring on 14th April 2022 Category: Independent Living

Call for action on care charges, after woman’s suicide was linked to council’s invoices
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Disabled activists are calling for local authorities to take urgent action, following an ombudsman ruling that a disabled woman took her own life after being wrongly sent a string of invoices demanding payment of care charges she did not owe. The […]

Change of mindset is needed on adult social care, DPO boss tells peers

By John Pring on 14th April 2022 Category: Independent Living

Change of mindset is needed on adult social care, DPO boss tells peers
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The boss of a leading disabled people’s organisation has told peers of the need for a change in “mindset” about adult social care provision that appears automatically to view disabled people as “dependent”. Ian Loynes, chief executive of Spectrum Centre for […]

Social care system must enable ‘an ordinary life’, peers are told

By John Pring on 24th March 2022 Category: Independent Living

Social care system must enable ‘an ordinary life’, peers are told
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Disabled people have told a House of Lords committee that the social care system needs to enable those who need support to “live an ordinary life”. Sue Bott, Andy McCabe and Tricia Nicoll were giving evidence to the Lords social care […]

City council refers thousands of care charge cases a year to debt collection agencies

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Independent Living

City council refers thousands of care charge cases a year to debt collection agencies
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A local authority is referring disabled people to debt collection agencies more than 3,000 times a year for failing to pay adult social care charges, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed. Birmingham City Council (BCC) passed on […]

Lords vote opens door to vital care charging reforms… ‘but pressure on MPs is vital’

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Independent Living

Lords vote opens door to vital care charging reforms… ‘but pressure on MPs is vital’
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A disabled peer has called on disabled people and their organisations to pressure MPs to back proposals on social care charging that could make a real difference to the life chances of younger people who rely on care and support. Baroness […]

Frustration and anger over social care white paper’s funding failure

By John Pring on 2nd December 2021 Category: Independent Living

Frustration and anger over social care white paper’s funding failure
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The government’s long-awaited adult social care white paper has appalled campaigners by failing to address the social care funding crisis. The white paper, People at the Heart of Care, is more than 100 pages long, but it says nothing new about […]

Government failure to prioritise social care led to countless deaths, MPs’ report suggests

By John Pring on 14th October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Government failure to prioritise social care led to countless deaths, MPs’ report suggests
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The government and the NHS both failed to pay enough attention to the risks faced by the social care sector at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by MPs has concluded. But the joint report by the Commons science […]

Disabled people urged to make their voices heard in care staff consultation

By John Pring on 14th October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Disabled people urged to make their voices heard in care staff consultation
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Disabled people are being urged to take part in a government consultation so they can draw attention to the growing staffing crisis in social care. The consultation on the impact of Brexit and the ending of freedom of movement on staffing […]

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