Serious failings in the support of disabled children are glossed over, while an unpublished report on abortion is leapt on It feels like cheap point-scoring to say that abortion opponents are more concerned with saving foetuses than protecting actual, living children, but the contrasting reactions to two pieces of research by the Care Quality Commission this week suggest exactly that. On Thursday, the CQC (the independent regulator of health and social care services in England) published a report that showed serious failings in the support of disabled children : unacceptably long waits for wheelchairs, a lack of cohesion between different services, and families feeling that they hadn’t been sufficiently consulted about their children’s care. The result: no outrage, no contrite statements from the secretary of state – even though the uncertain effects of the health and social care bill have increased concerns about co-ordination between patient care agencies for children with disabilities
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