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A WOMAN with muscular dystrophy whose care was slashed from 104 hours a week to just 40 lost a High Court appeal yesterday against the cut, writes Sam Tobin.
VI, who is bed and wheelchair-bound and is reliant on carers for all personal care including using the toilet, sought to challenge the August 2017 cuts by Lewisham Council.
The woman, who is 55, is unable to bear weight, has restricted dexterity in her hands and also requires the help of a carer to get in and out of a chair or her bed.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
GEOFF BOTTOMS, who has worked in a palliative care hospice for 11 years, argues the postcode lottery for proper end-of-life care must be ended to give the terminally ill choice and agency
