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Tory conference: Solution to social care crisis ‘may finally be within reach’

By John Pring on 3rd October 2019 Category: Independent Living

Tory conference: Solution to social care crisis ‘may finally be within reach’
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A permanent solution to the social care funding crisis may finally be within reach, with growing calls for proposals that would include free social care, according to a former adviser to the Tory health and social care secretary. Richard Sloggett, who […]

Government announces plans for extension of personal health budgets

By John Pring on 28th February 2019 Category: Independent Living

Government announces plans for extension of personal health budgets
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The government wants to increase the number of people who use personal health budgets (PHBs) to choose their own health and social care support from 40,000 to as many as 200,000 over the next five years. It has approved extending legal […]

‘Ill thought out’ bill needs stronger safeguards, minister told after meeting

By John Pring on 7th February 2019 Category: Human Rights

‘Ill thought out’ bill needs stronger safeguards, minister told after meeting
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The government must introduce “stronger and more effective safeguards” to protect the rights of service-users who face having their freedom restricted by health and care providers, disabled campaigners have told a minister. Inclusion London wrote to care minister Caroline Dinenage yesterday […]

Ministers quietly drop plans for ‘parallel process’ on working-age social care

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Independent Living

Ministers quietly drop plans for ‘parallel process’ on working-age social care
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Ministers have quietly decided to include the support needs of working-age disabled people in their new social care green paper, scrapping the idea of having a separate “parallel programme of work” as they try to address the social care funding crisis. […]

DPOs to write to minister over exclusion from social care meeting

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

DPOs to write to minister over exclusion from social care meeting
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to write to the care minister to protest at her decision to organise a meeting to discuss the future of working-age social care without inviting a single DPO. The failure to invite any DPOs to the […]

Minister’s ‘insult to injury’ snub to DPOs over social care round table

By John Pring on 22nd February 2018 Category: Independent Living

Minister’s ‘insult to injury’ snub to DPOs over social care round table
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Government ministers are facing criticism after organising a “round table” event on the future of working-age social care without inviting any disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to attend. The failure to invite DPOs emerged after the disabled crossbench peer Baroness [Jane] Campbell […]

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