{"id":99799,"date":"2009-12-15T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careandsupport.direct.gov.uk\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2009-12-15T11:03:06","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T16:03:06","slug":"stakeholder-news-07-13-dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/99799","title":{"rendered":"Stakeholder News: 07-13 Dec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pre-Budget Report<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Disability Alliance launched their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.counselandcare.org.uk\/influence\/news\/\">\u2018Tackling Disability Poverty\u2019<\/a> manifesto to coincide with the Pre-Budget Report. (09 Dec)<\/p>\n<p>In their response to the Pre-Budget Report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/news.asp?id=12692&amp;pageno=&amp;year=&amp;menuId=91\">Mencap<\/a> have expressed disappointment with the lack of long-term funding to support people with learning disabilities. (09 Dec)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalcareforum.org.uk\/forums\/forum_posts.asp?TID=3320&amp;PN=1\">Age Concern and Help the Aged<\/a> have responded to the Pre-Budget Report, calling for protection of care services as a necessity. (10 Dec)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroads.org.uk\/index.php?mid=3&amp;sid=13&amp;pgid=41&amp;cid=162&amp;pgnum=1\">Crossroads<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carers.org\/news\/cold-christmas-for-carers,5399,NW.html\">The Princess Royal Trust for Carers<\/a> have criticised the lack of an additional Christmas payment for carers in the Pre-Budget Report. (10 Dec)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecca.org.uk\/index.php\/press-releases\/december-2009\/200-pre-budget-statement.html\">English Community Care Association<\/a> has stated that the Pre-Budget Report fails on the criteria of outcomes and value for money. (10 Dec)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Care<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carersuk.org\/Newsandcampaigns\/News\/1260200199\">Carers UK<\/a> has welcomed the Department of Work and Pensions\u2019 plan to support carers in paid work. (07 Dec)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.counselandcare.org.uk\/influence\/news\/\">Counsel and Care<\/a> have announced that their annual conference in January 2010 will focus on how high-quality and personalised care can be delivered most effectively. (09 Dec)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carersuk.org\/Newsandcampaigns\/News\/CarersUKseeksclarificationonfreecareinparliamentarydebate\">Carers UK<\/a> have called for clarification from the Government, with the Second Reading of the Personal Care at Home Bill, over how it will work and how it will help carers. (11 Dec)<\/p>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alzheimers.org.uk\/site\/scripts\/news_article.php?newsID=590\">Alzheimer\u2019s Society<\/a> has responded to research into developing a drug that could protect against the disease, calling for greater funding for dementia research. (11 Dec)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-Budget Report The Disability Alliance launched their \u2018Tackling Disability Poverty\u2019 manifesto to coincide with the Pre-Budget Report. (09 Dec) In their response to the Pre-Budget Report, Mencap have expressed disappointment with the lack of long-term funding to support people with learning disabilities. (09 Dec) Age Concern and Help the Aged have responded to the Pre-Budget [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}