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Lords committee ignores charging in high-profile social care report

By John Pring on 8th December 2022 Category: Independent Living

Lords committee ignores charging in high-profile social care report
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A cross-party committee of peers has defended its decision to ignore the crucial issue of care charges in a major “spotlight” report on adult social care in England. The report by the Lords adult social care committee focuses heavily on the needs […]

Social care crisis deaths ‘only a matter of time’, after research shows ‘national emergency’

By John Pring on 20th January 2022 Category: Independent Living

Social care crisis deaths ‘only a matter of time’, after research shows ‘national emergency’
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Disabled activists have warned that it is only a matter of time before the government’s failure to address the “unprecedented” social care crisis results in the deaths of service-users. They spoke out after new figures from the Association of Directors of […]

Coronavirus: PA guidance is finally published… five weeks late

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: PA guidance is finally published… five weeks late
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Ministers have finally published guidance that should help disabled people who employ their own personal assistants (PAs) to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic, but activists say the delay in producing the document has put lives at risk. The guidance for […]

Disabled activist tells parliamentary meeting of need for ‘new approach’ to social care

By John Pring on 16th May 2019 Category: Independent Living

Disabled activist tells parliamentary meeting of need for ‘new approach’ to social care
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A leading disabled activist has told a parliamentary meeting of the need for a “new approach” to supporting disabled people that focuses on the promotion of independent living. Bob Williams-Findlay, a former chair of the British Council of Disabled People and […]

Shock and dismay over death of disabled woman abandoned without care

By John Pring on 1st March 2018 Category: Independent Living

Shock and dismay over death of disabled woman abandoned without care
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User-led organisations have reacted with shock and dismay to the “scandalous” failings of a council and care agencies that led to a disabled, terminally-ill woman being abandoned without any personal care just a few days before she died. Anne Savidge was […]

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