Alex Seabrook Local Democracy Reporting Service More working age adults in Bristol are now in need of social care and support than elderly people, new figures have revealed. Bristol City Council supported more than 5,500 adults in the last financial year and said 2,774 were adults of working age, compared to 2,754 of those over … Continue reading “More working age adults in need of social care”
Month: July 2024
Northern Ireland health trusts reviewing Direct Payment care provision policy
Families have been left devastated and struggling to provide round-the-clock care to loved ones with severe disabilities after health trusts blocked unqualified carers from providing nursing tasks they have been doing for years. The families have said the Trusts have told them that carers paid through the Direct Payments system can no longer carry out … Continue reading “Northern Ireland health trusts reviewing Direct Payment care provision policy”