I just put in a complaint to Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD). (Out of character, huh.) It is as follows: …”Inter alia, you explained that the home is having difficulty recruiting carers and that carers and good quality carers are not applying for our posts. I volunteered the opinion that whilst we are lucky in that…
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Mark Sanderson – ex-head of Quality Improvement at Leonard Cheshire Disability
Mark Sanderson has left. This is the guy who tweeted “It’s albinism not albinos, dummies” in response to a media article, after being appointed Head of Quality Improvement at Leonard Cheshire and whilst still working for Mencap. When I tweeted a challenge to him using the word “dummies” as a pejorative, he complained to his…
The Voice of Disabled People?
Amongst the various other things that annoyed me about yesterday’s shameful treatment of disabled people courtesy of the Lords (et tu, Lib Dems?) was a vomit-inducing self-congratulatory homily by Lord Low, who spearheaded this (admittedly influential) report on the withdrawal of mobility allowance for people in residential care. Readers may remember that this nasty proposal…