Shubhanna Hussain

I'm pretty sure they did this last year as well...this is not what the carers act funding was for 😳

Good to see you on here!

🤣...mines was spontaneous human combustion😳

Stirling adult autism diagnosis service axed despite huge waiting list NHS Forth Valley has joined others in scrapping its adult service due to a lack of funding.

This feels like a step backwards in terms of supporting autistic adults in Forth Valley.

The health board claims that an autism diagnosis isn't required to access support, but unfortunately that is not the reality that many of us know.

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A fantastic outcome! But I hate that people have to resort to taking legal action before councils do the right thing...😟

The worry is that councils are already failing in some of their statutory obligations, but nothing is ever done to hold them to account..

My mum would’ve cheered this para from Tressa Burke.

Any muppet who thinks support for disabled people is generous should read every word of this by @neilmackay.bsky.social

Freedom from poverty and basic dignity are the minimum in any decent society

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493865...

I saw the list of potential cuts being proposed in Dundee - it's all looking rather dire at the moment 😳

Delivering Social Care reform Changes proposed to reflect people’s needs.

However, trying to introduce improvements to social care at a time when every single health and social care partnership is looking to make cuts to social care budgets is going to be challenging indeed!

www.gov.scot/news/deliver...

I am hoping that this will mean that the focus (and resources) will be targeted towards the implementation of Self Directed Support, a right to breaks from caring, and ensuring that people who need care and support are able to access that in a timely way without having to reach a crisis.

The Bill will no longer be about introducing a National Care Service. Instead, the priority will now be on bringing about some of the improvements to social care that carers and disabled people have been asking for over the last few years.

So it looks like the National Care Service Bill in Scotland will now be renamed the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill - which on balance is probably a more appropriate name.

This week, I'm preparing with colleagues @engenderscot.bsky.social to attend the Scottish Labour Party Spring Conference.

We're hosting a fringe on women's poverty and financial inequality with speakers @shubhanna.bsky.social @gda-karen.bsky.social @melanieward.bsky.social & Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP!

Social care charges are basically a form of care tax - something which only disabled people and those who require social care support are forced to pay. It's utterly unfair and I'm still in disbelief that this council has introduced these care charges.

'Our family are invisible in society, it's so hard to leave the house' Romi Loffler fears she will be among the hardest hit by East Renfrewshire Council's decision to means-test and charge for social care.

Scottish Government pledged to get rid of social care charges by 2026.

There has been very little progress on this.

Instead we now have even more local authorities introducing care charges!
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PLP lawyer Aoife O'Reilly and Ellen Clifford in front of the Royal Courts of Justice.

🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.

These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.

Ha! That's exactly the feedback I got from my teen...followed by 'please don't ever bring that into our home again' 😂

Hi Colin, lovely to see you on here!🙂

Happy 16th to Evie! 🥳 Hope she has a fab day celebrating 🎂🎁❤️

Happy birthday Fiona!🥳 You're looking fab ♥️ xx

Lovely photos of your mum - sending lots of love ♥️

Hi 👋 We're back and ready to welcome you at our webinar next week where we'll present the findings of our review of Scottish Local Authority Budgets 24-25

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6. This is why we need to view social care through a human rights lens, and prioritise the views of people who require care and support - otherwise we will never get past the economic and funding arguments that seem to dominate the headlines.

5. Social care is the means by which many people (particularly disabled people, older people, and unpaid carers) are able to access the same human rights as everyone else.

4. Social care is not (as the BBC article states) :

"help for older or disabled people with day-to-day tasks such as washing, dressing, medication and eating."

It is much more than that.

3. An independent commission may help the Labour Government to understand what the issues and priorities are for social care in England. But I think a good starting point for any commission would be to actually define what they mean by 'social care'.

2. Despite some excellent recommendations from the Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland, we have yet to see any real change or improvement for people who require care and support in Scotland.

Wes Streeting defends timescale for social care reform - BBC News The first steps to creating a National Care Service are announced - but critics say the pace of the plan "feels far too long".

1. Last week the Govt announced an independent commission that will report on how to improve social care in England.

For those of us in Scotland, this feels very déjà vu as its nearly 4 years since the Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland was published.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK can't just look on as Israel continues the 'most documented genocide in history' Politicians need to take a more moral and humane stance on Israel’s military campaign in Gaza

My last article of 2024.
“Across Christmas and New Year, Gaza’s skies will continue to be alight with bombs, not fireworks.”
Please read and share.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

That's awful Morag! Is your carers centre aware, and helping you with this..?