Category Archives: disability

Charges to rise for around 2,000 people receiving social care in Liverpool

January 23, 2013   Carers, disability

Hit the poor!

MORE than 2,000 people will be told to pay more for their social care under a shake-up at Liverpool council.

The council insists the move is designed to make charges for social care fairer and bring it in line with most other local authorities.

The changes will generate an additional £600,000 in income for the council.

The £222-per week cap on contributions will be removed, which will impact on the wealthiest.

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Success of personal health budget following Norfolk pilot

January 21, 2013   Carers, disability, health, Norfolk

Scheme will be rolled out across the country next year.

By Adam Gretton Saturday, January 19, 2013
6:30 AM

A scheme to give patients more control over their care has been hailed as a success by health chiefs and patients in Norfolk who trialled a NHS pilot.

NHS Norfolk and Waveney rolled out a personal health budget initiative two years ago, which is set to be made available across the country from next year.

The primary care trust (PCT) is pioneering the scheme in the east and allows patients with long-term, complex needs to have control over how money is spent on their care.

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Households with disabled person will be average of £156 a year worse off under Government benefits plans

January 20, 2013   Carers, disability, ukcuts

Millions of disabled people to lose out

Sunday 20 January 2013

Millions of disabled people will lose out under the Government’s plans to keep the annual rise in benefits below the cost of living, it emerged last night.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed that one in three households with a disabled person will be £156 a year worse off on average of under new rules capping the rise in most benefit payments to 1 per cent – 1.7 per cent below the current rate of inflation.

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