Category Archives: Carers
Please rethink move which stopped blind people from using their bus pass with carer
Crunch decision due on free blind bus travel in Norfolk
A crunch decision on whether to rethink a move which stopped blind people from using their bus passes to travel to work for free before 9.30am will be made next week.
Norfolk County Council took over responsibility in April for the administration of concessionary bus travel, but the authority, facing a gap of £4.5m between what the government gives it to reimburse bus operators and the actual cost of the scheme, cut the hours bus pass holders can get free travel.
More patients to be treated by NHS staff at home
NHS Confederation: Hospital-based care ‘must change’
The NHS in England must end the “hospital-or-bust” attitude to medical care, says the body representing health service trusts.
At least one in four patients would be better off being treated by NHS staff at home, figures suggest.
Carers to get legal rights and support in reforms
Carers are to be given legal rights under government plans to increase the assistance available to the six million Britons who look after other people.
Ministers want to ensure that carers are given support to continue working or studying and to receive time off.
The rights of carers are expected to be put on the same legal footing as those of the people they look after.
There are estimated to be about six million people caring for husbands, wives, children, parents or neighbours, but the Government admits that “many do not get the emotional, financial and practical support they need”.
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