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[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Social Care Services (23 Oct 2007)

Sandra Gidley: It is mischievous of the Minister to attempt to deflect the point. I am raising a serious point about the relative balance of money between health and social care. [Interruption.]If the Minister listened to my whole speech, he would hear some suggestions towards the end. Age Concern has said that the increase in investment will "allow the current system to creak on in the short term". It is...

Residential Care (Public Funding) (17 Jan 2007)

Sandra Gidley: ...Christmas. There is a case for families to have more of a responsibility for looking after their elderly. We need to have an honest debate across parties about the ageing population. I want to pick up on the point made by the right hon. Member for Oxford, East (Mr. Smith) about poor medication management. That really should not happen. We seem to have gone backwards because many...

Written Answers — Health: Care Services (31 Mar 2004)

Ms Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to review the level of top-up fees paid by residents of care homes; and if he will make a statement.

Care Homes (7 Jan 2004)

Ms Sandra Gidley: ...in getting through all the assessments. Okay, that is history, but it was a fiasco. The second problem was that this period seemed mysteriously to coincide with many nursing home owners putting up their prices. That may well also be history, but we are still stuck with a system that is bureaucratic, inconsistent and often downright unfair. It is not just me that thinks so, and I quote the...

Care Homes (7 Jan 2004)

Ms Sandra Gidley: I do not believe that the Government will take any notice. The hon. Member for West Chelmsford is being unfair. I have been speaking for a fraction of the time that he was on his feet. [Interruption.] I have alluded to the difficulty of finding care places and the motion before us today stresses that aspect of the long-term care system. That is why I have concentrated my efforts on other...

Elder Abuse (13 Feb 2002)

Ms Sandra Gidley: ...in a plug for my fellow professionals, the pharmacists, who are in an ideal position to monitor medication. Some already do so, and are paid for visiting homes, but not all homes are keen to take up that offer. Perhaps we should move in that direction. Who can give real advice about antipsychotic drugs? One could accept guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence if...