Cerebral palsy - respite care
The Government has launched a new £33m package of support for carers in England. Under the “New Deal For Carers” £25m will go towards providing short term and emergency respite care with £3m to set up a new carers helpline. There will also be £5m to support the development of an expert carers programme.
Adrian Desmond (medical negligence lawyer - specialising in cerebral palsy compensation claims) comments:
“There are 100,000 families with severely disabled children in the country so this new deal will only amount to some £250 per annum per family. Clearly therefore the new deal is not a big deal! Also it must be of concern that this targets short term and emergency respite care. Naturally this is vital but so also are National resources to provide regular guaranteed respite to families which at present is sorely lacking”
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