Hi Sarah ... welcome to an extremely quiet forum. ( BB ... excellent point ... FIRE RISK ... how can you possibility get round that one ? Having said that , how many low millions ARE at risk as I type ??? ) To save you swinging in the wind until others arrive , I tried an Internet search. ( I have a...

Unclaimed Pension Credit and BBC TV licence fee double whammy. Nearly 80,000 households in Wales eligible for Pension Credit are not claiming it, figures from the charity Independent Age have shown. [/size][/b] With free TV licences becoming available only to people claiming the benefit, they could...

it is something for the local authority/social services and continuing healthcare CCG to remedy between themselves,

Recurring theme throughout this thread ... and others ... health / social care ... boundaries ... two different systems ?

Dare I mention that Green Paper thread again ???

Thanks Dominic. Pleased to see some progress in immediate areas. ( Worth looking at even now : CHC / NHS Continuing Healthcare : https://www.carersuk.org/forum/support-and-advice/all-about-caring/chc-coughlan-grogan-judgements-nhs-contuing-healthcare-nhs-fnc-hospital-discharges-all-under-this-one-th...

Hi Dominic ... welcome to the forum. My immediate reaction ? Seek expert advice from AGE UK across the board ! https://www.ageuk.org.uk/ ( I gave up counting the number of considerations that arose from your posting after the tenth ! ) WE could have a crack at answering many of those considerations ...

Grogan ?

Main CHC / NHS Continuing Healthcare thread ... link posted earlier ... again ... section colour coded :

GROGAN CASE

Another section if " Grogan " kicks in here :

Coughlan and Grogan cases ... how to use them.

it seems social care have to keep funding care until a funding formula is agreed, [/i][/b] The Government web site ... 2106 ... for the full sp on the background : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-research-into-funding-for-adult-social-care-published https://www.pssru.ac.uk/project-pages/adul...

Internet search : Attendance allowance stops after a total of four weeks (either in one stay, or several stays, where the gaps between stays are no more than four weeks each time). If you claim attendance allowance when you are already in hospital, it cannot be paid until you leave. [/i][/b] If you ...

Now the music industry joins The Cause : Squeeze autumn UK tour will benefit the Trussell Trust food bank network. [/size][/b] Squeeze announce that ‘The Difford And Tilbrook Songbook Tour’ will aim to raise food, funds and awareness for the Trussell Trust network of food banks. The 27-date tour wi...

" Vanity project " : debts pile up for English free schools scheme. Exclusive : £64 million has been spent on university technical colleges that have closed. [/size][/b] https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/793a03e2b5185ed672219321570083ba48a978ce/0_152_6000_3601/master/6000.jpg?width=620&quality=85&auto...