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ISHERWOOD – FIRST MINISTER QUESTIONED OVER ACTION TO ADDRESS CARE COSTS |
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:13 |
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North Wales Assembly Member Mark Isherwood has questioned the First Minister over Welsh Government action to address the substantial care costs many elderly and disabled people are faced with.
Speaking in the Assembly, Mr Isherwood referred to the UK Government’s Care Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech last week which is aimed at joining up health and social care and will protect families in England from the "catastrophic" bills that can be run up, and asked what is being proposed in Wales to deal with the problem.
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ISHERWOOD: CALL FOR WELSH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO CALL FOR ‘CITIZEN-DIRECTED’ SOCIAL SERVICES |
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:13 |
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North Wales Assembly Member Mark Isherwood has called for a Welsh Government Statement in response to the concerningfindings of a newreport on access to care and wellbeing in Wales.
The report, prepared for the Welsh Government by the Social Services Improvement Agency for Wales (SSIA), found that the current approaches to assessment and eligibility for care and support are inconsistent across different parts of the population, and ineffective in helping people to get the right support at the right time.
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ISHERWOOD – WELSH HOUSING TARGETS ARE TOO LIMITED |
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:13 |
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Shadow Housing Minister, Mark Isherwood, is concerned that the Welsh Government has limited its housing targets to affordable homes only.
Speaking in this afternoon’s Welsh Conservative debate on the Welsh Government’s Delivery Unit, which monitors the progress and effectiveness of Welsh Government Departments, Mr Isherwood noted the Welsh Government’s failure to meet key housing targets and criticised the targets for being too limited.
He said: “Housing is key to Health, Wellbeing, and Community Regeneration, yet Welsh Government Housing targets have been limited to loosely defined “Affordable Housing” only – when their Stats Wales website shows that Labour led Welsh Government slashed the supply of new Social Housing by 70% in the first three Assembly terms, as waiting lists, overcrowding and hidden homelessness ballooned.
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ISHERWOOD – AM MEETS NORTH WALES ROYAL BRITISH LEGION MEMBERS AT ASSEMBLY EVENT |
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:12 |
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North Wales AM Mark Isherwood was given an opportunity to discuss issues affecting members and ex-members of the armed forces at an Assembly event last week.
Mr Isherwood attended a Royal British Legion Reception in the Assembly which wasaimed at raising awareness of the issues facing the Armed Forces community in Wales throughout the year and the on-going work of the Royal British Legion.
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ISHERWOOD: HOUSING MINISTER URGED TO ENGAGE WITH HOUSE DEVELOPERS |
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:12 |
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Shadow Housing Minister Mark Isherwood has called on the Welsh Government to engage with house developers who are struggling because of thecumulative impact of added regulations in Wales at a time when they need all the support they can get.
Raising the matter with the Housing Minister this week, Mr Isherwood emphasised that housebuilding in Wales is at its lowest level since the Second World War, and some say since the 1920s, and that since 1999 the Welsh Government, according to its own StatsWales website, has cut the supply of new social housing by 70%.
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