Sense comments on new social care statistics
12 July 2013
Sense today (12 July) commented on new figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), which revealed that the number of people receiving adult care services in 2012-3 was down nine percent from the year before and 25 percent down from 2007-8. Sense Policy Officer (Older People and Adult Social Care) Laura Bennett said:
“These figures are another worrying reminder that increasing numbers of working age disabled people are currently going without the care and support they need as local authorities tighten access to support. Deafblind people need a variety of social care in order to live as independently as possible. However, a Sense survey last year revealed that nearly one in five (19 per cent) deafblind people who responded received no social care at all and most people did not receive the care they need.
“The Care Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament, provides a much needed opportunity for a fairer and more effective care system, however, keeping the bar of eligibility criteria as high as is planned, is likely to mean that many disabled people will continue to fail to receive the care and support they need.”
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