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More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator

By John Pring on 4th August 2022 Category: Independent Living

More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator
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More than half of the care homes inspected in the last month were found to be inadequate or to require improvement, but the care watchdog has refused to say if it is concerned by the figures. The figures show that of […]

Commission’s report on care ‘is tangible demonstration of what DPOs can achieve’

By John Pring on 28th July 2022 Category: Independent Living

Commission’s report on care ‘is tangible demonstration of what DPOs can achieve’
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Years of lobbying from disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), backed up by research and evidence, appears to have persuaded a local authority to adopt a new, rights-based approach to addressing the social care crisis. A report by Cheshire West and Chester Council’s […]

Labour refuses to make co-production pledge for new social care inquiry

By John Pring on 7th July 2022 Category: Independent Living

Labour refuses to make co-production pledge for new social care inquiry
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Leading party members and activists have raised serious concerns over Labour’s refusal to promise that a new review of its adult social care policy will be co-produced with disabled people. Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting announced this week […]

Lords committee quizzes care minister for two hours… but fails to ask about charges

By John Pring on 7th July 2022 Category: Independent Living

Lords committee quizzes care minister for two hours… but fails to ask about charges
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A cross-party committee of peers has defended its failure to ask the minister for social care a single question about care charges or the social care funding crisis in a two-hour evidence session. Only last week, disabled social worker Andy McCabe […]

‘Huge barrier’ of care charges is forcing disabled people into poverty, peers are told

By John Pring on 30th June 2022 Category: Independent Living

‘Huge barrier’ of care charges is forcing disabled people into poverty, peers are told
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A House of Lords committee has been told how the “huge barrier” created by social care charges is forcing disabled people into poverty. Andy McCabe, who himself uses council-funded support, told the adult social care committee that the charges being demanded […]

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 […]

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