Shortfall in funding care homes
Labour acknowledges the shortfall but does not suggest ways to fill it, apart from saying it will “keep people at home”. We need End Social Care Disgrace’s 7 Demands to be met.
The cost of electricity is threatening my health
Another example of how the system fails disabled people. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/23/electricity-alive-cost-of-living-crisis-disabled-government-vulnerable?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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
Private brokers earn millions finding social care beds
This is what happens when you have a privatised system that is running on empty. Racketeers drain the funds even faster. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/15/private-brokers-earn-millions-finding-care-homes-for-nhs-patients?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Council providing three-minute care visits to vulnerable
The crisis rolls on and here is another example of the contortions councils have to go through to try and offer at least a minimal service. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/05/council-providing-three-minute-care-visits-to-vulnerable-finds-ombudsman?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Disabled people among hardest hit by cost of living crisis, finds study
Are we surprised? We know that disabled people have to struggle the hardest against poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/04/disabled-people-cost-of-living-crisis-energy-use-food-resolution-foundation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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