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A carer from Dorset is concerned about the cuts to services
Portland carer calls for security over Dorset day services
11:00am Tuesday 23rd August 2011
A Portland carer is calling for ‘long-term security’ to come from a three-month consultation on the future of day services in Dorset.
Day centres could close in a move by Dorset County Council to save £600,000.
Three options for the service have been put forward:
• Reduce available services, either by closing or merging some day centres or reducing hours or service options.
CARERS are being urged to stand up against Worcestershire County Council cuts
Calls to contest council’s carer cash cuts
19 August. Updated: 19 August 00:18
CARERS are being urged to stand up against Worcestershire County Council after its decision to increase social care charges.
Maureen Rickards, of Rubery, and Margaret Strong, of Barnt Green, were among those to express their anger at the proposals.
Margaret, who cares for her 94-year-old father, told us: “The council won’t listen to the carers until we come out in force because we are lonely, isolated people in dots around the country.”
Mental health service users and personal health budgets
What Personal Health Budgets mean to mental health service users
By William Smith
It is hard to keep up with all the proposed changes to our NHS system. The piloting of personal budgets in the NHS began in 2009. This scheme begun under the old Labour government and is now supported by the coalition in their health white paper ‘Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS’.
A recently published report shows that mental health service users in England are sceptical that these ‘personal budgets’ will improve their care. Many do not know what personal budgets are or how they would fit into similar funding schemes within the social care system.
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