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Open letter calls for leadership on social care from PM
An unprecedented group of health and social care leaders have written an open letter to the Prime Minister, published today in the Daily Mail, calling for him to show leadership on social care reform.
Take action online
Following our Care Lobby last week, where over 1,000 older and disabled people, families and carers lobbied MPs in Parliament and online to End the Care Crisis.
If you couldn’t join on the day you can still take part online – send your MP our Care Crisis email here…
‘End the care crisis now’ MPs told by older and disabled campaigners
Yesterday nearly a thousand older and disabled people travelled from around the country, and as far as Newcastle and Cornwall with a clear message for their MPs: The social care system is in deep crisis, and this will continue to worsen unless the Government acts now.
Lobby of Parliament today!
The Care & Support Alliance lobby of Parliament is taking place today with around 1,000 older and disabled people, those with long-term conditions and their families from across the country travelling to give their MPs a clear message: End the care crisis.
For updates throughout the day, and details of how to get involved online in our #Twobby visit our Care Lobby 2012 website
Don’t let us down on care funding reform, alliance tells Andrew Lansley
The Care & Support Alliance has written an open letter to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley with a warning that millions of elderly and disabled people will not stand for “empty promises” on reform of care funding.
Tell your MP to act on social care reform
For much of the last year we have been asking for your help in telling the government why it needs to save social care. But the government still isn’t listening. Soon the social care system will no longer be able to cope with the growing number of people who need care and support. We have reached the crucial moment- new rules about social care are being written and unless you ask your MP to intervene now, thousands of people may be at risk of losing the care and support that lets them live a life they want to live,
In the current economic climate it will be too easy for the Government to shy away from making tough decisions about the future of social care. We need to show MPs how important it is that Government addresses the failings in the current system.
We need you to urge your MP to put pressure on the Government to ensure that something is done about the crisis.
It will only take 5 minutes to add your details to the following form, which will send an email to your MP on your behalf. To email your MP, please see the following link: email your MP on social care reform.
Response to Select Committee care report
The Care & Support Alliance has responded to a report from the cross-party Health Select Committee, into social care:
I”The Health Select Committee’s report adds weight to growing evidence from the 60 charities of the Care & Support Alliance that social care funding pressures are leading to a diminished quality of life for disabled adults and older people and increased demand for NHS services.
MPs from all parties share our view with that cutting back on care is not only risking the dignity and independence of older and disabled people, but is ultimately robbing Peter to pay Paul – with the NHS picking up the knock on costs of poor quality care provision, namely distressing and avoidable hospital admissions for the most vulnerable members of society. This cross-party report clearly states that current funding levels are ‘not sufficient to maintain adequate levels of services’ and at a time when we need extra funding to meet rapidly growing demand, Directors of Social Services say that social care budgets fell by £1 billion last year.
It is time for Government to act to ensure that we have additional funding to tackle the crisis in social care and reform the structure and legal basis of the care system.”
The Alliance is co-ordinating a lobby of Parliament on 6th March to enable older and disabled people and their families to meet MPs and urge them to act to reform the social care system. To register visit www.carelobby2012.org.uk
