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Local councils in England are to be allowed to increase council tax to help raise money for social care, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed today.
These new proposals could see some local areas increasing council tax by up to 6% over the next two years.
Councils already have the power to increase it by up to 2% every year to pay for care. This is called the ‘social care precept’. Read on.
Paroxysmal is a term that describes the way that some symptoms of multiple sclerosis come on very suddenly, last only a few seconds or minutes and then disappear just as quickly. Sometimes this cycle repeats a few times or, perhaps, many times in a day. Some people call them attacks, clusters, surges, episodes or intermittent symptoms. Your health professionals may call them episodic symptoms. Read on.
The Christmas lunch took place on Monday 5th at Park Place Brasserie. It was very well attended, 31 of us. The food was really good and a good time was had by all.
100 Club Winners for November:
Sue Doran
Tony Ball
Val Griggs
Speak to Reception for application form only £5 a month, 50% of prize money to winners 50% to the Centre.
Christmas Opening Hours:
Normal up to Thursday 22nd December
Friday 23rd – Open for Oxygen and Massage
Tues 27th – Thursday 29th CLOSED
Friday 30th – Open for Massage and Oxygen
Monday 2nd January – CLOSED
Tuesday 3rd – Open for Oxygen and Footcare
Wednesday 4th – CLOSED
Thursday 5th – Open for Oxygen and Acupuncture
Friday 6th back to normal – Open for Oxygen, Physio and Massage.
Sensors have been placed in 70 disabled bays in Reading which will detect when vehicles are occupying the designated spaces.
These will then send updates on vacant spots to the app users’ mobile devices.
The EU-funded project, called SIMON, is also being piloted in cities in Spain, Portugal and Italy. Read on.
If you are Black Friday Amazon Shopping (or indeed anytime after this) please do so by going via the Oxfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre website www.omstc.org.uk and clicking on the Amazon logo at the top of the page.
That really is all you need do and it costs you nothing.
Here are the statistics: In the last 2 years, 46 purchases completed this way (totalling £1,017.61) have raised £56.60.
This is very welcome, but we could surely do so much better!
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We’ve joined more than 100 charities and professional groups calling on the Government to urgently address the social care crisis in the UK.
The Government’s investment in social care has fallen by a third over the past five years – that’s £1.6 billion. This has left more than one million people unable to get the care they need. Read on.