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"With health and care, and specialised training in our circumstances, for adults with cerebral palsy that seems to fall into a void. And so we have long distances to travel out of county annually."
"We have a neighbour that comes in and asks us if we want anything down from the shop, stuff like that. And you do find a lot of people are a lot more helpful now, considering coronavirus. We have carers as well, and they take us round in the car and help us to get our shopping and everything."
"We have somebody in now once a week, she absolutely adores her. She loves it. She loves the day when Martha comes in, because she is like a friend to her. They chat, they have a cup of tea, she helps with the shopping."
"Working in the NHS, I work at a crisis team at the moment. It's incredibly busy and very variable. I feel frustrated at times. I can't do the things I'd really love to do. They just don't have the resources."
"There's no care there at all, from the people that own the company. It's all about this being a market for making a shedload of money. And that is what it's about. Thankfully, the people that are actually there right at the bottom of the chain, the carers... I don't...read more
"I don't think it necessarily needs loads of extra money thrown at it. I think there's a lot of money wasted. There's huge inefficiencies everywhere."
"When it comes to social care, I'd only want to acknowledge the amazing work that so many charities, including churches and faith groups of all sorts, do."
"I worked in a hospital. I've stood on one side of a patient's bed arguing with the consultant or the doctor on the other side of the bed. ‘Whose money are we going to use? Do we use health? Or do we use social services?’ It's just not changed."
"This system isn't funded properly, it's not recognised. It's been a bit of an add-on to the actual NHS for a century. I don't think that it's actually been good enough. There have been lots of cuts. And I'm not happy that we always have to fight for things. "
"Our experience is there’s been less listening over the last 10 years, and it's a struggle to keep it going. But it's really worth it. Because in mental health, as in most other areas of health or social care, the people who are having the care, know best what that...read more
"They have all this social prescribing, like the active hearts, where you go and you do your exercise and there are things like that. But they're not quite joined up yet. And you know, if you're overweight we can prescribe that you go to the nearest leisure centre and do...read more