Category Archives: ukcuts
Cancer patients at risk of losing benefits, charity says
13 June 2011 Last updated at 00:04
Thousands of cancer patients could lose benefits under government proposals, a charity has warned.
Macmillan Cancer Support is attacking plans in the Welfare Reform Bill to remove the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) after a year.
Cuts in services hit carers hard
A carer sharing what things are like when you become a carer. No one knows unless it happens to them.
Cuts in services hit carers hard
Published on Friday 10 June 2011 08:47
I am an official carer for my wife, who is registered as severely disabled. For this I get no Carer’s Allowance whatsoever. I am 76 and under duress, doing the best I can like thousands of others unpaid carers countrywide.
I asked Social Services for a stand-in shower to be installed as I have to help my wife into and out of the bath.
The SS gave me another number to ring. This number gave another and so on.
Carers fear for their loved ones because of Southern Cross job cuts!
Does no one consider the worry this will cause to the families?
Unions fear for Southern Cross care quality after job cuts
Thursday 09 June 2011 09:5
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Fears are growing that staff terms and conditions could worsen and standards of care could fall after ailing care home operator Southern Cross announced plans to shed 3,000 jobs.
The company, which is fighting for its life, revealed this week it was considering slashing its workforce by 7% and the “potential implementation” of a standard contract of employment for all care workers as part of its plan to improve performance.
Among those affected are nurses, caterers and cleaners.
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