http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/28/adopting-in-tanzania-both-sides-now/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/28/adopting-in-tanzania-both-sides-now/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:00:43 +0000 Jane Rose http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28726 A lot of people have offered to marry me over the last few years… but only out of pity. Whilst I wouldn’t mind a husband now and again to do the washing-up, it wouldn’t help my case. Married couples have to be residents here in Tanzania for two years before they can apply to adopt.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/28/adopting-in-tanzania-both-sides-now/feed/ 17 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/119-billion-the-contribution-of-carers-and-savings-to-the-economy-is-woefully-overlooked/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/119-billion-the-contribution-of-carers-and-savings-to-the-economy-is-woefully-overlooked/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:00:34 +0000 Nicky Clark http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25782 As a carer, if I had to give you my rating on a scale of one to ten with ten being great and one being beyond crap I’d say I’m at three currently.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/119-billion-the-contribution-of-carers-and-savings-to-the-economy-is-woefully-overlooked/feed/ 40 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/why-doesnt-iain-duncan-smith-trust-a-doctors-decision/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/why-doesnt-iain-duncan-smith-trust-a-doctors-decision/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 03:00:22 +0000 Laurence Clark http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24273 I am one of the 70% of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients with a lifetime award that Iain Duncan Smith set his sights on this week. He intends to introduce more rigorous, regular assessments for the replacement PIP benefit and abolish lifetime entitlements such as mine.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/why-doesnt-iain-duncan-smith-trust-a-doctors-decision/feed/ 283 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/08/not-sick-enough-for-hospital-not-well-enough-to-cope/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/08/not-sick-enough-for-hospital-not-well-enough-to-cope/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:17:57 +0000 Mike Adamson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=21164 Another day, another report concluding that “integration” is what will save a health and social care system that is rapidly descending into further crisis.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/08/not-sick-enough-for-hospital-not-well-enough-to-cope/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/07/05/why-dilnot-is-disappointing/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/07/05/why-dilnot-is-disappointing/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:49:24 +0000 Ben Chu http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=13779 The state will be paying for the expensive social care of individuals in order that they can pass on wealth to their families. Is that efficient? Is that progressive? I'm not sure that it is.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/07/05/why-dilnot-is-disappointing/feed/ 21 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/21/time-to-care/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/21/time-to-care/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:42:14 +0000 Laura Bradley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=13353 It is becoming increasingly clear that social care is in crisis. The travails of Southern Cross care homes, coupled with yesterday’s revelations about the inadequate state of home-care, point to the strain the system is under.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/21/time-to-care/feed/ 3