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Social care cuts are already biting, say charities
Social care cuts are already biting, say charities
One in four disabled and older people say their services have been reduced even before the spending cuts next month
- Patrick Butler
- The Guardian, Wednesday 30 March 2011
Nearly one in four disabled and older people have experienced cuts to services and increased charges for care, even before local authority spending cuts are implemented, say charities.
Many families are already being “pushed to breaking point” by reductions to the amount of care they receive, including transport help and respite care, with more than half saying increased charges mean they can no longer afford food and heating.
Norfolk COPE Carers Project. Video
Norfolk COPE Skilled Carers Project – Subtitled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_W0AxkmlGo
Supporting carers to COPE
Sheila Hancock Joins Chiswick Patients and Carers
| To call on MPs to end postcode lottery in brain tumour care |
Patients and carers from Chiswick, including actress Sheila Hancock and resident Grace Connell, called on MPs to sign up to minimum standards which would put an end to the postcode lottery in brain tumour care.
A five year delay in the implementation of improvements in outcomes for people with brain and other tumours has led to a ‘postcode lottery’ of treatment, rehabilitation and care across the country. Therefore at this week’s lobby of Parliament 200 patients, carers, charities and medical professionals asked MPs to sign up in support of the Guidance and make sure the guidelines are not lost in the wider NHS reforms.
