Labour or five more years of the Tories.

Rich the way i see it is some of us are debating but you seem unwilling to hold your corner, several people have replied directly to you and raised some good point in showing in our opinions that a lot of what milliband has said is already being done, the one that gets up my nose is their policy that the nhs is falling apart and people arnt getting the help they need, as i have used the services as a use and the father of someone with severe disabilities( to be clear Ann-Marie Irene suffered with the following, muscular dystrophy, her shoulders were semi fused resulting in restricted movement, she had a pigeon chest so had permanent pressure on her internal organs, her spine worked better backwards than forwards, she could bend backwards at 90 degrees but only 40 or so degrees forward, she also had a mental illness which meant she would regress to a child like state, and finally epilepsy,  the various service which she used used to speak to each other, ie social services would talk to her occupation therapist ,bristol city council etc. the upshot of this was everybody involved in her care were aware of her health, she had an epilepsy nurse who would visit her at home several times a month, and would ask not only about her epilepsy but her health in general and also ask wendy and myself how we were getting on (the last bit alone means a lot to carers)`, here is an example of a situation of the various agencies pulling together. Ann-Marie wanted to change her name, so we got her social worker out to prove she was capable of making those decisions(we knew she was but needed it on record as her biological sperm donor would kick up she chose to add Irene as it was important ) , the social worker also asked how we were getting on i mentioned that wendy and myself now had to bath Ann-Marie as she was having fits in the bath and could no longer wash her arm pits or back. they made a note a few days later we got a phone call from physio, and had an appointment within a few weeks they gave her excersies to keep her mobile a bit longer, her epilepsy nurse came to visit and asked yo see the bathroom and made a report, again a few weeks later we got a phone call to ask if someone from the council could visit, she arrived inspected the bathroom and said its not good enough we need to do some mods, then she asked why the sink was loose, Ann-Marie in her own classical way said i was having a poo and had a fit and fell of the bog into it(not as polite as that  )  , within a month we had a call asking if they could come back and install some equipment, a foldable safety rail was fitted so Ann-Marie Irene could not hit the sink if she had a fit, hand rails were positioned so she could got on and off the toilet easier, a removable bog seat was added to allow Ann-Marie to sit more comfortably on the throne, a big shock for us was they also bought a reclining bath chair which allowed not only us to get Ann-Marie Irene into and out of the bath easier but more importantly allowed her to have that little glimpse of freedom and independence by allowing her to do it herself,she was also in constant pain so she was sent to pain management.

AS you can also imagine Ann-Marie Irene was also getting disability living allowance , which allowed her to buy any food she wanted for he packed lunches, it also paid for her day care and one night a month respite, and allowed her a few pennies over a month to treat herself.

Her care was a 24/7 thing but Wendy and myself were grateful for the help.  We dont want sympathy, The point im trying to make is two big labour policies are about getting the nhs and other agencies to work together, and improve mental health care.

If the above example isn't enough to show that those policies are already  working, i dont know what labour expect they can do but it's a blatant attempt to use clever wording to mean we will leave it as it is but you will believe we created this level of care.

I am also a user of the services but thats another story thats been wrote about before so will leave it for now.

On the points raised above you mentioned your sister is also ill(something i would not wish on others)  so how does her care vary from the above example and how do you think labour can improve upon it ,as to be frankly honest if other people with illness or disabilities arn't getting that level of care then they need to get someone in to sort it out.