May 142021
BBC Radio 4 are looking for case studies with the following experience for a programme on June 6th:
- Someone who has had some of their direct payment clawed back or refused by the council because they are not using services, while also paying for those services despite not being able to use/attend them.
- Someone who has seen increased care payments to the council.
- Someone who has been retrospectively charged for a care service. E.g. their payments were calculated on them attending a day centre one day a week at a cost of £10, only to then be told the price had increased, but their payments will not.
- Someone who has seen their direct payments reduced.
I appreciate this is all very specific and there will be variations on these, this is just a basic outline of what we are looking for.
We’re also interested in any data that is illustrative of what has happened to those in receipt in non-residential social care services throughout the pandemic.
Anything that anyone tells us at this stage will be treated with strict confidentiality and we would only move on to inclusion in the programme after we’d had proper discussions. This way people can ask whatever they wanted of us before agreeing to participate.
If you can help please email : Michael.cowan@bbc.co.uk
