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Two thirds of unpaid carers don’t expect to have a holiday this year
Unpaid carers miss out on a holiday
7 million people are unpaid carers in the UK but as the schools break up for the summer and families go on holiday, two thirds of those carers say they don’t expect to go on holiday this year.
According to the latest statistics, 3 in 5 of us will be carers at some point in our lives.
- 68% said they wouldn’t go on holiday this year.
- 50% haven’t had a holiday for between 1 and 5 years.
- 25% haven’t had a holiday for over 5 years.
Victims of blood scandal angry at funding delay
Victims of the NHS blood scandal have reacted with anger and disappointment after the government announced a delay in spending £25m to help those affected.
Steve Sillett, contaminated blood victim, at home.
Prime minister David Cameron apologised in March for the saga that saw thousands of people accidentally infected with HIV and hepatitis C through blood and blood products used by the NHS before 1991.
The PM pledged £25m would be allocated to ease transition to a reformed system of support for people who have had to live with the conditions ever since.
Disabled dad told he is fit to work TWO WEEKS before death
Diabetic David O’Mar, of Cardiff, was lying in a hospital bed with pneumonia when the DWP made its decision
Matthew Horwood David O’Mar of Fairwater has collected thousands of football kits to give to children in Eastern Europe
‘Fit to work’: David O’Mar was diabetic and suffering with pneumonia when his benefits were taken away
A disabled dad died two weeks after being judged fit for work as he lay in hospital with pneumonia
Diabetic David O’Mar was stripped of his disability benefits in April after a work capability assessment for Iain Duncan Smith’s hated Department for Work and Pensions.
