I think its absolutely brilliant that so many of you are spreading the word on this
Thank you so much!
Beate, I wish I could come with you, even if its only for moral support! And I would like to try and get a straight answer from him, about availability, which doesn't involve him telling me that funding to cover the costs of a respite stay is there, that carers assessments to identify a need are there - but that tells me
how he is going to ensure that councils step up to the mark and take responsibility for the actual provision of beds, whether it be by way of an LA run facility or by commissioning in private homes. There has to be a clear and consise way of asking that, that doesn't give him (and others) the wriggle room to hide behind the rhetoric
Maybe if someone could come up with the right phrasing, we could bombard with emails or tweets (if we can get it short enough) him and any other Government Ministers who should be doing something to help?
More chasing up, today, I guess - back to the councillor who told me that I would be getting a phone call from the deputy head of adult services - you know, the one who was going to phone me when he came out of the 'meeting' - the meeting that was being held LAST TUESDAY
If I don't hear from the Welsh Assembly today, then I will start chasing them on Monday. And I'll go through the list of contact numbers I've collected, and see who else is due for a reminder. The rudeness so many have shown in not bothering to contact me when they said they would is really making me cross
Keep spreading the word, everyone - and Thank you xxx