Category: Social Care

Support DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) to expose institutionalisation and poor care

DPAC have been served with a Cease and Desist letter from a healthcare provider after they published details of how a disabled man in Ireland has been treated. I am reblogging their recent post in support of them. DPAC has removed our most recent piece on Anthony Kletzander from our website due to a ‘cease…

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Leonard Cheshire Disability, the Living Wage and their charges

I just put in a complaint to Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD). (Out of character, huh.) It is as follows: …”Inter alia, you explained that the home is having difficulty recruiting carers and that carers and good quality carers are not applying for our posts. I volunteered the opinion that whilst we are lucky in that…

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cartoon by Crippen

Mark Sanderson – ex-head of Quality Improvement at Leonard Cheshire Disability

Mark Sanderson has left. This is the guy who tweeted “It’s albinism not albinos, dummies” in response to a media article, after being appointed Head of Quality Improvement at Leonard Cheshire and whilst still working for Mencap. When I tweeted a challenge to him using the word “dummies” as a pejorative, he complained to his…

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