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My fight to save my son’s care
My fight to save my son’s care
2:00pm Thursday 4th April 2013 in News By Melanie Vass
BRAVE: Lorraine Zavadil from Throop with her severely disabled son Tarik A BOURNEMOUTH mother, who cares full-time for her severely disabled son, has been invited to the House of Commons to share her experiences with MPs.
Lorraine Zavadil will tell politicians how she was forced to take legal action against Bournemouth council after it tried to slash her son’s care package.
She also hopes to describe the “insurmountable” pressure she and other parents of disabled children are under
The 53-year-old is one of around 50 people invited to the Right to Care? event.
The event will be attended by Esther McVey, Minister for Disabled People, and Edward Timpson, Minister for Chil-dren and Families, and it has been organised by campaigner Rosa Monckton and Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, who help-ed Lorraine win her 18-month battle with Bournemouth council.
Banks offered new guidance on dealing with family carers
Banks offered new guidance on dealing with carers
- By: Joanna Faith
- 03 Apr 2013
- All banks and building societies in the UK have today received new guidance to support carers and relatives who manage accounts on behalf of other people.
The framework – and the complementary consumer guide which accompanies it – aims to help these people have a better and more consistent experience, reducing their burden at what can be a very difficult time.
Arranging to run an account on behalf of a loved one is a challenge faced by thousands of people every year. Since 2007, 536,941 Lasting Powers of Attorney have been registered in the UK to manage property and affairs, which includes the management of financial matters. In 2012 there were around 800,000 people in the UK suffering from dementia with this number forecast to rise to more than a million by 2021.
The guidance framework has been jointly developed by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), the British Bankers Association (BBA) and the Building Societies Association (BSA), working in collaboration with the Law Society, Alzheimer’s Society, Solicitors for the Elderly and Age UK.
NHS 111 helpline put on hold after safety warnings
Half of NHS 111 lines yet to be launched after ‘national roll-out’ falls flat
The planned roll-out of the NHS 111 non-emergency line across the entire country today has been aborted amid concerns it is wasting emergency services’ time and putting patients at risk.
By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent
7:30AM BST 01 Apr 2013
Easter Monday was initially meant to mark the national launch of the telephone service, which is replacing NHS Direct, but half of all 111 lines are still inactive.
Just one local service, in the North of Tyne and Tees area, will be opened today, joining 22 which are already running as pilots, but a further 23 are not yet operational.
Doctors claimed health chiefs had been forced to backtrack on plans to roll out the service after repeated warnings that the system was inefficient and could compromise patient safety.
