The Guardian
JUNE 4, 2023
Academics and an expert adviser point to the case of Sally Lewis, whose death in a care home in 2017 prompted a depressingly familiar ‘scandal-review-inquest-lessons learned’ response Frances Ryan suggests that disabled people in Britain are viewed more as a burden than human ( A decade after the Tories demonised disabled people on benefits, it’s happening again, 30 May ).
The Guardian
JUNE 4, 2023
New research shows that for-profit businesses make worse carers. It’s time to admit that privatisation failed The privatisation of children’s residential care in England over the past decade has resulted in worse outcomes. This has long been suspected by critics of the current system, which is dominated by providers either partly or wholly owned by private equity investors.
The Guardian
JUNE 4, 2023
Census data shows nearly half a million households that cater for someone disabled or in bad health are without car or truck About one in five households with an unpaid carer for someone who is disabled or in bad health across England and Wales have no access to a private vehicle, new analysis shows. The findings show that nearly half a million households across England and Wales (486,341) that include someone disabled or in bad health did not have a car or truck at the time of the 2021 census.
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