I know restricted medicines like tramadol, controlled drugs cannot go by electronic prescription, 15 items can go electronically, but one has to go manually. One item you have to go and pick up a manual bit of paper and take it to the chemist , or some chemists pick it up for you. And I was told by ...

One of the problems is so many services have just been cut, essential services that elderly/disabled need but they have been cut to save money. I am chasing services that literally do not exist so no amount of phone calls, letters or advocacy will access these services. And the few services have bee...

I have just got to the point where I have had enough, it is not the caring it's the fighting services, dealing with all these people who are just clueless that I should contact this place and that place. My new phrase is "let me stop you there" when someone suggests go to this place contact this pla...

It was in my local paper, the NHS are wasting thousands paying for paracetemal which is available anyway for 20p, cough medicines and other basic medicines available from supermarkets. And often medicine is prescribed and not taken, this can happen for years and ends up with a big amount of wasted m...

All hospitals health trusts have to have a PALS Patient Advice and Liason, normally leaflets around the hospital, or ask at the front desk. They are there to sort any issues in the hospital, so worth a try. I don't know where you are but there is normally an NHS community equipment supplier, they su...

Read in the paper that North Yorkshire County Council have to make 40 million pounds worth of cuts over the next 3 years. So that's everything, social care, education, I think a specialist school is going to be closed, roads, all services will be cut. But who is telling them to cut? the government? ...

This is similar to where I live, you have a fall go into hospital, discharged with start if you are lucky, then basically up to you to arrange your own care. An assessment decides how much time but then you are given a book and told to ring round, most services are contracted out provided by charity...

One of my carees has just been deemed fit for work as he didn't fill the ESA form in, the reason he didn't fill in the form is he didn't know how to. He can barely read his electric meter so how is he supposed to fill in a long complicated form. I have tried filling in the form but he doesn't know h...

If nothing else you can get monitoring systems to see if your pet is alright, you fit a camera, and it feeds signals out, you can even see your pet on a mobile phone. Just type in pet camera dog monitor into the internet, you can get a good model about £40 Has 2 way talking, so you could use it for ...

I saw a similar coach when I went to blackpool for the day, it had a lift on the side in the middle, heavily converted there was a group of wheelchair users, about 15, They must have ripped the seats out had a flat floor and all the seatbelt/wheelchair clamping equipment.