Joint letter to Andrew Lansley on reform of care funding
An alliance of charities, care homes and housing providers says the government must not duck its commitment to reform. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreDisabled people face unlimited unpaid work or cuts in benefit
Mental health groups and charities attack plans drawn up by Department for Work and Pensions. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreThe care system is in crisis. To deny this is woefully wrong
Without urgent reform, the social care system will fail the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on its services. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreKen Clarke’s legal aid plans will not protect those most in need
If you don’t deal with someone’s debt case early, it can spiral precipitously into physical and mental health degradation, relationship breakdown and homelessness, leading to a cost to the state further down the line. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read More‘Unfinished care revolution’ lets disadvantaged groups down
Report by Iain Duncan Smith’s thinktank slams hospitals as ‘untherapeutic and dangerous places’ for mentally ill people. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online
Read More£14m cuts axe set to fall on mental health services
MENTAL health services will be slashed across Cambridgeshire in a bid to save £14 million, if proposals are given the go-ahead. Click here for full article. With thanks to Cambridge News online.
Read MoreSamaritans prison listeners service threatened by public sector cuts
Scheme introduced to prevent jail suicides celebrates 20th anniversary, but some fear it will soon be under threat. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
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