There is a housing crisis in the UK,which has various components. There is clearly a need to provide adequate temporary accommodation to all those who need it. At present local authorities only have a duty to accommodate those considered to be in ‘priority need’, which usually means they have dependent children, are fleeing violence or who have significant disabilities or health problem. As if being homeless wasn’t priority enough ! Beyond the agreed need to provide adequate ‘ emergency’ accommodation there is a need to substantially increase the supply of ‘ social housing’, provided by local councils and housing associations, and offering relatively secure tenancies at reasonable rents. The significant decline in the quantity of social housing since Thatcher’s Right to Buy legislation in the 1980’s has meant that more and more people, including families with young children, have to rent from private landlords, with no security of tenure and little protection from poo...
The privilege of being cared for in an NHS Hospital, a mint service with a hole in the middle. For the last week I have been under the care of an NHS hospital as an inpatient. Due to my bad luck and/or my own negligence I fell from a great height whilst walking with a good friend and three thirty somethings from his own family to celebrate his 70th birthday,. My experience this week should give hope to us all I landed conscious and was lucky enough to be caught by a tree/shrub (the week has had its Humorous moments and perhaps the first was my reflection on the fact that my T Shirt had the increasingly well known ‘May the Forest be With You ‘ phrase on it) My companions immediately rose to the task. Two came down to be with me whilst the others rang 999. It was agreed to send an Air Ambulance whilst a clear and categorical instruction was given that under no circumstances was I allowed to move. My head was held in position and my legs supported fr...
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