Macmillan Cancer Support welcomes the government’s announcement that it will implement plans to improve co-ordination between health and social care (Plans unveiled for ‘joined-up’ health and social care, 14 May). People with cancer and their carers are often being let down by the current system, particularly at the end of life. Although the vast majority of people with cancer want to die at home surrounded by their loved ones, most will die in hospital simply because joined-up care services are not available in their local communities.
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Quarter of a million children provide care for others
16 May 2013 Last updated at 10:01
Young carers: Quarter of a million children provide care for others
Young carer Kelly, 17, says people like her need more help to cope with their responsibilitiesNearly a quarter of a million children in England and Wales are caring for a relative, new statistics just released show.
The Children’s Society warns that such young people could have their education and job prospects permanently damaged.
The charity says one in 12 young carers in England spends more than 15 hours a week caring for a parent or sibling, and one in 20 misses school.
New figures suggest 244,000 people under 19 are carers.
But the Children’s Society warns that number is likely to be “just the tip of the iceberg” and is calling for more government support and recognition for these young people.
Family blame ‘bedroom tax’ pressure for woman’s death
Family blame ‘bedroom tax’ pressure for woman’s death
The family of a woman who blamed the Government for her death in a suicide note said she was struggling to cope with paying the so-called bedroom tax, the Sunday People has reported.
Stephanie Bottrill’s relatives told the paper she was worried about how she would afford the £20 extra a week for the two under-occupied bedrooms in her home – money she owed because of the Government’s spare room subsidy policy.
Ms Bottrill, who died on May 4, left a letter to her son Steven, which said: “Don’t blame yourself for me ending my life. The only people to blame are the Government,” the paper reports.
He told the newspaper: “She was fine before the bedroom tax. It was dreamt up in London, by people in offices and big houses. They have no idea the effect it has on people like my mum.”
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