Ros’s speech in the House of Lords is quoted in Disability News, warning that the Government’s social care plans are not a solution to the crisis and will need to be revisited very soon. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote a column for the Express highlighting the second rate treatment of social care relative to the NHS and the damage done by the mandatory vaccination policy which caused 40,000 staff to leave. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote a column for the Daily Express explaining why social care is still the neglected part of the NHS and needs urgent radical attention. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted in inews calling for the National Insurance rise to be put on hold. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted by inews calling for the scrapping of the National Insurance increase, to help families weather the cost of living crisis. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote a Comment article for the Daily Mail, calling on the Government to abandon plans to increase National Insurance saying it is the wrong tax, at the wrong time and won’t even fix social care anyway. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote an article for the Yorkshire Post outlining ten of the reasons why the latest health and social care reforms will not fix the care crisis. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted in the Observer newspaper explaining why she believes the House of Lords will try to force a U-turn from the Government on social care and the way the £86,000 proposed cap works.
Ros is quoted in the Independent saying that the House of Lords will undoubtedly revise the Health and Social Care Bill to address some of the clear inequalities it has introduced through the £86,000 cap.
Ros is quoted in the Guardian calling for Government measures to reform social care to be rethought and removing the stark unfairnesses of current proposals in the Health and Social Care bill.