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A sufficiency of carers support services

John Bangs OBE[1] reflects on the recent UN carers rights decision and its implications in relation to the duties of local health and social care authorities to provide a sufficiency…

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Impoverished councils

An interesting complaint concerning (among other things[1]) a prolonged and significant loss of respite care for a young person transitioning into adult services.  Due to challenges resulting from his impairment,…

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A Landmark UN carers decision

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has handed down an important decision concerning the rights of unpaid carers in the case of Maria Simona Bellini v.…

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