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Watchdog holds back verdict on latest care sector concerns

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog holds back verdict on latest care sector concerns
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The care watchdog has declined to raise concerns about the state of adult social care services in England, despite releasing a new batch of inspection reports that show nearly half of them failed to meet acceptable standards. In just a week, […]

MPs fail to question minister on care charges ‘national scandal’

By John Pring on 4th May 2023 Category: Independent Living

MPs fail to question minister on care charges ‘national scandal’
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MPs have been criticised for failing to question the social care minister about the “national scandal” of tens of thousands of disabled people across England who have been left in debt because they cannot pay their care charges. Helen Whately was […]

Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Independent Living

Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections
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The Conservative and Labour parties have both refused to reveal their current policies on charging for adult social care, just days before local elections in England. Disability News Service (DNS) approached the four largest parties contesting next week’s elections – the […]

Praise for ‘bold’ and ‘progressive’ council as it scraps care charges

By John Pring on 9th March 2023 Category: Independent Living

Praise for ‘bold’ and ‘progressive’ council as it scraps care charges
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Disabled people’s organisations have praised the “bold” and “progressive” actions of a local authority after it promised to become just the second council in England to abolish all charges for care and support for disabled people in their own homes. They […]

Labour-linked inquiry set to rule out scrapping care charges

By John Pring on 9th March 2023 Category: Independent Living

Labour-linked inquiry set to rule out scrapping care charges
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An inquiry that will have significant influence on Labour’s policy on independent living at the next general election is set to rule out scrapping care charges, according to a document leaked to Disability News Service. The document, a summary of a […]

System for challenging councils’ care decisions ‘is confusing, slow and stressful’, says EHRC

By John Pring on 2nd March 2023 Category: Independent Living

System for challenging councils’ care decisions ‘is confusing, slow and stressful’, says EHRC
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The process of challenging the adult social care decisions made by local authorities is confusing, slow and stressful and is failing the disabled people who rely on it, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found. The […]

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Independent Living

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges
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A second inquiry in two months has issued a call for wholesale reform of the social care system without delivering a clear and urgent demand for an end to care charges. Reimagining Care was commissioned by the Archbishops of Canterbury and […]

Council leaves man ‘to rot’ after refusing to allow for spending on cannabis meds

By John Pring on 19th January 2023 Category: Independent Living

Council leaves man ‘to rot’ after refusing to allow for spending on cannabis meds
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A disabled man has been left without the care and support he needs for more than six months because his council is refusing to accept that the cannabis-based medicine he has to pay for privately is a legitimate disability-related expense. Chris […]

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 […]

Seven weeks without a care minister… as figures show worsening services

By John Pring on 27th October 2022 Category: Independent Living

Seven weeks without a care minister… as figures show worsening services
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New figures have revealed the steadily-worsening state of adult social care, and how disabled people are increasingly reporting concerns about the quality and safety of services, seven weeks after the government last had a minister for social care in post. As […]

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