New executive for LDDA from January 2019
We are pleased to announce that the following members, are going to be the new LDDA executive from 1st January 2019. The period of office is two years.
8 Nov 2018
News
Action on Delayed Transfer of Care – Lib Dem peer Lord Rennard writes about the problems and solutions
Lord Rennard has written the foreword for a paper 'Action on Delayed Transfer of Care' produced by the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA). The paper has been sent to MPs and peers most closely associated with health and disability issues as well as relevant Ministers and civil servants.
LCR
8 Nov 2018
Government threat to Community Transport schemes
Tthe Department for Transport (DfT) are proposing changes to the Community Transport (CT) Permit system. This affects CT providers that undertake paid services, even if they are small scale and linked to the local community. If the plan goes ahead CT providers will need an Operators' licence and their drivers will have to obtain Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCV) licences. This will significantly increase costs. The new regulations will probably also reduce the number of volunteers willing to drive minibuses.
8 Nov 2018
"A great conversation starter, but real subsitute to the long delayed Government White Paper on Social Care": HfT responds to the Local Government Association Green Paper
Hft has welcomed the Local Government Association's (LGA) "The lives we want to lead" green paper as an important start to the conversation on social care funding. In its response. The charity calls for the conversation to move beyond simply focusing on elderly care, and for greater inclusion of people supported by social care services, and those who support them, in the decisions that affect them.
2 Oct 2018
London Travelwatch starts a new consultation about the closure of 51 London Overground stations.
Consultation - Have your say on the proposed closure of ticket offices at 51 London Overground stations --> Consultation - Have your say on the proposed closure of ticket offices at 51 London Overground stations
2 Oct 2018
Broadcasters commit to doubling disabled employees by 2020
National broadcasters and the UK government have backed a plan to double the number of disabled people working in television by 2020.
24 Sep 2018