As a parent of three disabled children, I know even going to work can be respite. We want the support to lead ordinary lives
Lady Pitkeathley once voiced the carers’ paradox – that they feel obliged to care but not to be cared for. Everyone needs a break, don’t they: but who takes over care for the carer when the carer’s not there?
The UK Government has been accused of deliberately concealing the extent of opposition to reform of a key disability benefit.
The Responsible Reform report has been backed by major disability charities but was entirely researched, written and funded by disabled people, led by a prominent blogger.
Collaborating using websites such as Twitter and Facebook, the team analysed more than 500 responses to the consultation on the future of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) after requesting them under the Freedom of Information Act.
NHS Future Forum calls on healthcare professionals to lead way on patient-centred care
January 10, 2012
Steve Field The NHS Future Forum has given its second set of reports to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in which it sets out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of patient care and achieve better outcomes.
Future Forum Chair Professor Steve Field said:
‘We are making robust and ambitious recommendations to the NHS and to Government. We have heard an enormous amount of support for the shift to patient-centred care but also frustration that this has not yet been achieved. This must now become a reality for patients across England and health and social care professionals must lead the way.’
