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Council Elderly Care Home plans

12/04/2013

Leicester City Council has announced big changes to the way they provide care services for older people (details can be found here). These proposals would see the Council’s care homes sold or closed. They would also result in a £7 million investment in a new intermediate care facility providing extra short-term support, […]

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Liz visits innovative integrated care service

22/03/2013

Most people want to stay living in their own homes as they get older. But it can be really difficult if you are frail or disabled and have a long term health problem, and especially if you’re on your own and your family doesn’t live nearby. I went to Edwinstowe […]

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Liz meets charities to discuss Labour’s health plans

20/03/2013

This week, I was at the Alzheimer’s Society with the Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP discussing how we can improve NHS and social care services. We were joined by a whole range of organisations including Mind, Mencap, Scope, Marie Curie, Sue Ryder, Brook Sexual Health, the British Red Cross […]

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Promoting patient voice in Parliament

15/03/2013

I recently hosted a meeting in Parliament with Dr Paul Hodgkin, Chief Executive of an excellent service called Patient Opinion, to which I invited all English MPs and their staff. Patient Opinion allows people to tell their story – either positive or negative – about their local health service. Hospitals can […]

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Are we ‘ready for ageing?’

15/03/2013

On Thursday 14th March, an important committee in the House of Lords published a report called ‘Ready for Ageing?’ The report rightly says our ageing population raises huge challenges for Government, public services, businesses and society as a whole. I particularly welcome the report’s call for radical reform of the NHS and social […]

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Liz speaks up for homecare workers in Parliament

08/03/2013

On Wednesday 6th March I spoke from the Opposition Front Bench in a Parliamentary debate about homecare workers. Homecare workers do a vital job – they care for over a million of some of the most vulnerable people in our society. They enable older and disabled people to keep living […]

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Liz hosts Rare Disease Day in Parliament

05/03/2013

On 27th February I hosted a reception in Parliament to mark Rare Disease Day 2013. The event saw the launch of an important new report ‘Rare Disease care coordination: delivering value, improving services’. The report – and a number of really touching speeches from people suffering from rare diseases and […]

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Liz responds to the proposed cap on social care costs

13/02/2013

On Monday 11th February the Government finally set out their response to Andrew Dilnot’s Commission on funding long-term care. This includes introducing a £75,000 cap on the amount people will have to pay for social care during their lifetimes, starting in 2017. This would be a small step forward for […]

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Liz meets residents at the Quadrant

11/02/2013

On February 8th, I met a group of residents at the Quadrant – a complex of 37 flats that help older people stay living independently. They raised a number of concerns with me including problems with the heating in their flats and the state of the patios, which they are […]

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Liz sees telecare service helping patients stay healthy at home

11/02/2013

When I was at the Quadrant one of the residents, Clive Calow, told me about the help he is getting from a brilliant new telecare service. Clive has COPD and diabetes. Every morning he taps in answers to a series of questions on the computer screen about how he is […]

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Liz’s speech to the National Voices conference

31/01/2013

On Wednesday 30 January I gave a speech at National Voices‘ annual conference, about the need for ‘people power’ in the NHS and social care. You can read my speech here: Liz Kendall MP National Voices speech 30th Jan 2013 and see media coverage of my comments here. […]

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Liz hosts new Health and Care Forum for Leicester West

25/01/2013

I have set up a new Health and Care Forum for Leicester West. This brings together patients, family carers, doctors, nurses, social care workers and all the different health and care services in the area. The aim of the Forum is to join up services better so people get the […]