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of income. Some receive private or occupational pensions to top this up. For others, the welfare system provides an essential additional component of income in retirement, although this additional financial ... contacting Age Cymru Advice directly. Our advisers are on-hand to offer help to understand the complex systems and varied criteria, if needed. Age Cymru Advice is a free service which helps reduce poverty affecting
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their insights and ideas, demonstrating the tremendous commitment across the health and social care system to providing older people with the dignified care that is their right. We received comments from ... said that the recommendations we made were just as relevant to other vulnerable groups in the care system. We hope that this will be reflected in policies and practice for their care as well. Many submissions
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pain. • Try to attract attention by banging on the floor or wall; use a personal call alarm if you have one. • Call 999 if you can reach a phone. 3. If you can’t get help, and
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Concessionary travel in England, 2013/14 Available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357055/concessionary-travelstatistics.pdf iii Greener Journeys (2014) ... Concessionary travel in England, 2013/14 Available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357055/concessionary-travelstatistics.pdf v House of Commons Library
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people tell us that the main issues for them in regards to GP surgeries include: 1. Appointments systems – the strength of feeling about being able to get an appointment within a reasonable time frame is ... arrangements for same day access to primary care. GPs should look to simplify their appointments booking systems where possible. 2. Lack of referral to appropriate services – for example, depression is an important
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services in the evenings and on Sundays. With reference to the strategic objective ‘integration of bus system investment with land use planning and economic and development investment, […]’ - we believe there ... ensure that buses don’t move over to cashless systems. There would be the need to consider how the concessionary bus pass could be integrated into such a system, whereby travel by bus would be free, but other
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difficult for some older people to take up new banking technologies, for example telephone banking systems and security devices for internet banking.3 Over 130 bank branches have closed in Wales over the ... significant campaigning, the Payments Council withdrew its intention to phase out the cheque clearing system by 2018 and banks are now looking to extend their life through introducing faster cheque clearing
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switch supplier to get a better deal. Further, we would ideally like to see a ‘tell us once’-style system whereby vulnerable people can easily notify and receive support from multiple utilities. We appreciate ... people would benefit most from a system whereby they can easily register with multiple utilities (electricity, gas, water, telecoms) through a ‘tell us once’style system. We appreciate this poses significant
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services • Right to be recognised as a person who has rights under the law, to access the justice system just like everyone else and to make decisions, and get support to make those decisions, about their ... support if they get ill in the future and where they would like to die • Right to access the justice system just like everyone else. • Right to participate in political life, to stand for election, to vote
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commitment to halve this gap can be achieved, including the role of employers, the unemployment support system, and occupational health. Key points and recommendations While good quality work is likely ... their health status. The Government should extend the right to request flexible working into a system of ‘flexible by default’. This would allow people to assume they could work flexibly unless their
