Low dose naltrexone, have you tried it, what do you think of it?

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Are you like many ME sufferers, looking for an answer to their illness, a way to get away, from this living death experience, one drug that is being debated at the moment is naltrexone, you can find out more about it by clicking here.

The ME Association, are looking to find people who have tried it, how they found it, what side affects did you have, and what general feedback can you give please, you can give feedback, by clicking on the link below, thanks, feel free to edit/add your feedback, a space has been made available for this purpose.

Miriam

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Should care services be free?

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You may have read here, some time ago, that I had written to my local MP, with regards to care services and having to pay for them.

I have had a letter back to say, that once accessed, for the first 6 weeks, you can have care services for free, but if you need to continue to have care services after that 6 weeks, then you can either be means tested for a continuation of the services, or they can give you information on charities, that can help for free, so a step in the right direction.

Of course, we have also had the queens speech this week, and the more severe amongst us, can have ongoing care for free, as long as it is put through parliament, before the next election, if Gordon Brown doesn’t succeed you may have to wait a little longer depending on who gets the vote!

So vote Gordon Brown, if you are in that category at the next election.

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A few weeks ago, there was an item on 'Politics Show' whereby people on the IOW, were being given around £300.00 a week, care money for carers helps, or any other services they needed.

So I contacted my local Social Services to find out more:

The following is their response, I hope it helps some people:

Each individual needs to contact their own Social Services, they will need to confirm their address and other personal details; date of birth , General Practitioner, NOK etc.

They can request an assessment of need under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. Resulting from this assessment if you have eligible needs as described in the Department of Health Circular "Fairer Access to Care Services" which can be found on the DOH web site. Your borough council will only provide "services, including direct payments or a personal budget" to meet "Critical Needs" under "Fairer Access to Care Services". I must mention that all services provided by Community Care are subject to a financial assessment and a contribution based upon income and savings, investments etc will be part of the overall assessment process.

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