Paid carers are hard to find
One family’s experience mirrors many others’.
England’s worsening care shortages leave older people struggling
It’s not surprising, is it?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/17/england-care-shortages-older-people-age-uk-report
Home care visits lasted 3 minutes
We knew things were bad, but not this bad. Visits recorded incorrectly deliberately and systematically.
Austerity + privatisation = poor and dangerous care
Disabled people hit hardest by the energy crisis – eat or breathe?
Here is stark evidence of the catastrophic position of disabled people as a result of this catastrophic government. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/energy-costs-disabled-people-cost-of-living-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Manchester finds ways to avoid the private sector profiteering from children’s social care
We don’t focus on children in this campaign, but this is important – it shows an approach by a council to find better ways of supporting children that insources the work and undercuts the private sector https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/22/manchester-to-open-two-homes-vulnerable-children-stuck-hospital?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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