End Social Care Disgrace

|| campaign for a national care support and independent living service

[End Social Care Disgrace @EndSCDisgrace]

HIDDEN VOICES - highlight on disabled people who find it hard to speak up for themselves.
FREE PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING THURSDAY 26th Feb. 6.30-8pm
Register: https://t.co/eNcEoLeHpI
Great speakers - Sara Ryan, Anna Rose and Sean Dempsey!
@EndSCDisgrace - transform social care!

[Thomas H. 💙 @THemingford]

When people call welfare benefits "generous", they reveal how little they understand disability, poverty and real-world costs. Try paying rent, bills, food, transport and disability-related expenses on benefit rates. The word generous quickly disappears.

[Revolution Breeze @SueJonesSays]

This isn't 'watering down assessments'. New claimants are still assessed. Constantly re-assessing those longstanding claims for ill and disabled people with proven incurable, progressive diseases is a waste of tax payers' money, time and resources.

[Wheelie MS Advocate - #PoweredByWheels - ♿️ @WheelieFUMS]

No one should have to fight for care while living with a life-limiting condition.

NHS continuing healthcare can be a lifeline – but too many people in England are missing out because the system is broken.

Sign the petition today: https://t.co/A0eBiDa57K

[End Social Care Disgrace @EndSCDisgrace]

This will be a vital meeting, helping us develop and push ideas, stories and policy to govt. Join us! Register here https://t.co/8qONeoSv1P

[End Social Care Disgrace @EndSCDisgrace]

A great free online meeting - explore and celebrate the voices and experiences of OLDER PEOPLE IN THE CARE SYSTEM. The reality of the care system today.
Great speakers, time to debate. JOIN US, register here
https://t.co/8qONeoSv1P
@BeresfordPeter @keepnhspublic @EllieChowns

[End Social Care Disgrace @EndSCDisgrace]

Not only is this immoral, but it will help to disintegrate an already weakened care system . https://t.co/sADKdyqes1

[End Social Care Disgrace @EndSCDisgrace]

There is no reason for a SPR to allow the companies enabling it to see personal health data. They just have to link to it.

[PenScribbler @ScribblerPen]

A Singe Patient Record sounds sensible, but no patients have been consulted on having their personally identifiable data handed over to Palantir. We are having to rely on MPs to stand up to this in the NHS Modernisation Bill #HealthBill. How many MPs read bills and disobey whips?

[Thomas H. 💙 @THemingford]

If disabled people cannot afford adequate heating, cooling, transport, equipment, care or accessible housing, the problem does not disappear. It simply resurfaces elsewhere through worsening health, greater crisis intervention and higher long-term public costs.

[Wheelie MS Advocate - #PoweredByWheels - ♿️ @WheelieFUMS]

Starting my next Motability car journey and I’m taking you through the whole process, adaptations, assessments, wheelchair access, grants, advance payments and all the reality behind it.

#Motability #MotabilityScheme #DisabledLife #WheelchairUser #AmbulatoryWheelchairUser

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

The top civil servant at the Health Department "worked for or held shares in 12 companies that benefited from public contracts with DHSC or related health organisations"

She was elevated to the top role by Wes Streeting

She should resign. And we must end NHS privatisation.

[LurgeeLiz @LurgeeLife]

Critical blog by @cjayanetti

Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is meant to cover rent for 30% of housing stock for those on a low income

But Labour's freeze on LHA means it now only covers 11%-16%

⚠️ 175,000 newly without full support

⚠️ 900,000 already with shortfall made worse

[Sharon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @K4rmaRules]

Remember when I said that Streeting was dismantling the doctors for a reason and that it would go the same way as dentistry? Well here it is.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

About 2016 a bunch of us from the disability movement went to see the then Labour Shadow Minister for Mental Health to discuss an alternative vision for mental health. I reckon we need to do something similar now.

[Phil 🆓🌍🧩🎲 @Phil_Free_]

“But an intervention that rewards those who choose it & harms those who are unwell is the last thing you make compulsory.”

Government research shows activists were right to warn of impact of DWP work advisers on mental distress - @johnpringdns
https://t.co/gdR1FMPSqy

[End Social Care Disgrace @EndSCDisgrace]

We would see this as a good thing!

[Miriam Cates @miriam_cates]

In March 2020, DWP changed process for submitting PIP questionnaires to include an SMS reminder & automatic two-week extension of the deadline if a claimant ‘runs out of time.’ And guess what…the number of people failing to complete the form fell dramatically so claims went up.

[Miriam Cates @miriam_cates]

In March 2020, DWP changed process for submitting PIP questionnaires to include an SMS reminder & automatic two-week extension of the deadline if a claimant ‘runs out of time.’ And guess what…the number of people failing to complete the form fell dramatically so claims went up.

[Iqbal Mohamed MP @iqbalmohamedMP]

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗣𝗜𝗣)

I’ve submitted my response to the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment.

In Dewsbury & Batley, over 8,600 people rely on PIP. It is not a luxury, but a lifeline.

Disabled people already face significantly higher living costs. Any weakening of support will push more families into poverty, worsen health outcomes, and place greater pressure on already overwhelmed public services.

PIP must be strengthened, not cut, and reforms must be rooted in dignity, fairness, and the lived experience of disabled people. 🧵 1/2

[Wheelie MS Advocate - #PoweredByWheels - ♿️ @WheelieFUMS]

Do you ever feel like you're saying the same thing over and over?

I do.

But when politicians keep repeating the same myths about disability, sickness benefits and welfare, someone has to keep correcting the record.

So if I sound like a broken record, maybe it's because we're still having the same conversation.

#WheelieMSAdvocate #MultipleSclerosis #MS #Disability #DisabledPeople

[Rachel A-S @Chuffin_ell]

Hey @BBCMorningLive @AnnekaRice please investigate why unpaid carers lose Carer’s Allowance & PIP after 28 days in hospital. It’s bad enough knowing your relative is more likely to need hospital, without living in fear of losing the financial support keeping your family afloat🪡

[End Social Care Disgrace @EndSCDisgrace]

A great free online meeting - explore and celebrate the voices and experiences of OLDER PEOPLE IN THE CARE SYSTEM. The reality of the care system today.
Great speakers, time to debate. JOIN US, register here
https://t.co/8qONeoSv1P
@BeresfordPeter @keepnhspublic @EllieChowns

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Social care providers in England MAY face ‘excessive’ profits cap.

84% of adult care controlled by private sector, including private equity.

23% -36% profit margin

End privatisation. Better to let only councils and not-for-profits provide social care.
https://t.co/0X2ix2B82e