A letter from United Response's Chief Executive, Su Sayer was in the letters section of The Guardian today. It responds to the Government's annoucement on social care funding. Su highlights that all of the coverage of the issue so far has focused on elderly care even though many disabled people are seeing their funding being cut too. It says:
"Health secretary Alan Johnson is to be congratulated for highlighting that current funding is not enough to meet the government's own objectives of providing first-class care to those who need it.
So it is unfortunate that all of the media attention focuses only on how this will affect elderly people. There are other groups, such as those with disabilities, whose quality of life is also endangered. Social care is increasingly directed only at those with the most "critical and substantial" needs and those with "mild and moderate" learning disabilities are excluded, reducing their independence and quality of life.
It is important that we hear the voices of everyone affected in the social care debate, including those with disabilities.
Su Sayer
Chief executive, United Response"
To read this and other responses go to The Guardian's letters page on the subject.
