You're on your own now ... someone else needs to step into the breach. CHC ... rationing and everything else connected to this VITAL health service for far too many of our carees. Many are probably reading this thread for the first time ... never heard of CHC before a poster mentions it in a reply t...

Hi Michelle. A sort of trying to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted situation. A short term solution but with longer term problems. A move into a care home seems the only solution for the situation as so described ... ? In which case ... AGE UK : https://www.ageuk.org.uk/ Have a good pe...

Palliative care ? NHS : https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/end-of-life-care/what-it-involves-and-when-it-starts/ Marie Curie ( Charity ) : https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/diagnosed/recent-diagnosis/palliative-care-end-of-life-care Which? : https://www.which.co.uk/later-life-care/end-of-life/ca...

Hi Kathleen. Thread already running on this : https://www.carersuk.org/forum/support-and-advice/carer-disability-benefits/warning-rise-in-minimum-wage-due-weekly-limit-currently-123-no-dp-pb-increase-less-care-for-same-monies-34838?hilit=%C2%A3%20123 Everywhere one researches , the answer is the sam...

IFAN’s mapping suggests that reliance on the Trussell Trust food parcel figures alone significantly underestimates food bank usage in the UK. Pitch for full picture food bank stats. Government puts faith in new monitoring to clarify rising numbers regarded as an underestimate. [/size][/b] Governmen...

At the least this article has woken up those on FaceAche ... 42 comments ... long may it continue ! https://www.facebook.com/carersuk Perhaps I should send them an invite to join this forum ... we need fresh faces ... and posts ! Enough train spotters ... but actual posters ? Then , gradually , get ...

Amy Winehouse's mother urges PM to change benefits system. Janis Winehouse, who has multiple sclerosis, says PIP system is too complex. [/size][/b] Amy Winehouse’s mother is among a group of campaigners who have demanded that Boris Johnson make urgent changes to the benefits system. Janis Winehouse...

NHS " Rapid response teams " to help sick and older people at home. Plan aims to relieve strain on hospitals by offering a visit within two hours. [/size][/b] Older people and the very sick will be visited within two hours by a “rapid response team” of health and care staff under new NHS plans to r...

HS2 late and billions over budget due to Tory failures, report finds. Government failed to understand risks of the project, NAO concludes. [/size][/b] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/24/hs2-cost-impossible-to-estimate-with-certainty-says-nao Where did it all go wrong for HS2 ? [/size][...