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King’s Lynn couple fight for change in law to help disabled people
A Lynn couple are calling for a change in the law to force businesses to improve the toilet facilities that are available on offer to disabled people.
Trevor Smith is a carer for his wife, Susan, who has severe cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user.
Because of her condition, Mrs Smith only has strength in her right arm and needs a handrail to hold onto when she goes to the toilet.
But the couple, of King George V Avenue, say not enough is being done to ensure that suitable facilities are provided for disabled customers.
Hospitals told to cut parking costs under new guidelines
Ministers said the relatives of people who are seriously ill or have to stay in hospital for a long time should be given free parking or reduced charges.
Concessions should also be offered to people with disabilities and NHS staff whose shift patterns mean they cannot use public transport.
Last month Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told MPs costs were “just too high”.
Patients and families shouldn’t have to deal with the added stress of unfair parking charges”
Loneliness becoming a modern epidemic
Family carers can feel lonely?
You’re not alone – more and more people are suffering loneliness. Lisa Salmon reports on a growing and worrying problem
WE ALL have days when we feel slightly alone. Our friends are busy, the kids are away, nobody’s responding to your texts or calls. But this is very different to feeling deeply, inconsolably lonely. Loneliness is a growing problem, in a modern society that spreads people further and further from their family roots and compels them more and more to interact with technology rather than real people.
