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May 17th
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) – CARING ABOUT CARERS AWARDS Do you look after a relative or friend who is sick, disabled, frail or has a problem with alcohol and/or drugs? IF YES… then you know how help from your GP and their practice can m...
May 16th
Disability Living Allowance is set to finish on April 2013 onwards, both the mobility and care components. All of us as disabled people under 65 will have to apply for Personal Independence Plan Funding instead.How much do you know about the changes which...
May 16th
As well as a drop in free care home packages, the cost of carer services also varied across the country, according to a survey of 120 councils. While home visits to help the elderly or infirm get up, wash and dress were free in Tower Hamlets in Lo...
May 15th
Parents are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs, in a major shake-up of the system in England.The government says it wants to push ahead with proposals announced last year that parents should have...
May 15th
More than half of adult diabetes sufferers in Wiltshire are not getting the basic checks and services to manage their condition, according to Diabetes UK. The national charity has called for improvements to the care diabetes sufferers receive as it ...
May 14th
Planned changes to disability benefits will go ahead, the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said, insisting that reform is needed.It has emerged half a million people are to lose the Disability Living Allowance over the next four years. ...
May 14th
Mothers and carers who choose to stay at home instead of going out to work will receive a full state pension for the first time under an overhaul of the UK's retirement system.Under the reforms, mothers and carers who retire from 2015 will be treated a...
May 10th
We are co-hosting some summer activities for children with additional needs in Wiltshire with Splash! Projects are for young people aged 9-16 with additional needs.WILD WILTSHIREShelter building, bug hunting, fire lighting and scavenger hunting, plu...