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"That the Secretary of State for Health respectively change the current directive/guidance under the national framework for continuing health care section 77 to PCT’s/SHA’s through out England and Wales and thereby empower/direct them to commission a direct payment by commissioning through social services for cases that are currently working well in the system with service patients/users that meet the continuing health care criteria if it is in the best interests of the patient and their well being.”

That by doing so it will not contradict with other guidance and legislation. The Secretary of State for Health is empowered to do this under Section 12 of the 2006 NHS Act. It is in line with the government's recent next stage review published by Lord Darzi in June 2007.

It will save a lot of Disabled People currently living happily on excellent care packages a lot of stress and disruption in their lives.

That by taking away their right to a Direct Payment is a breach of their Human Rights.

Current signatories

Rebecca Trengove, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Mark Wilkinson
• Helen May
• Mike Reynolds
• Cathjarina Willsher
• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/NHS-dentists4all/)
• kenneth Pollard
• Laurel Dean
• andy bell
• stella bell
• Tina Henshaw
• Ann Schofield
• R I Heyes
• simon legg
• mrs j newman
• David Francis
• Reshma Patel
• Sarah Garside
• Steve Brett
• Cathy Turland
• Susan Lowe
• Adam Saunders
• Mark Occomore
• Norma Baron
• Charles Crossfield
• R O'Neill
• J. Milne Carers Povert Protest
• Raymond Chandler
• Teresa Tunnell
• John Trengove
• Liane Burn
• Deanna Rogers
• Christine Duncan
• Jessica Dorning
• Phil Little
• Ann MacMillan
• Aaron Dryden
• Janet Louise Wharton
• Stephen Johnson (continuingcarecarecampaign.info)
• Richard Carling
• Pamela evans
• Mark Balson
• Marrel Singleton
• william parker
• Alice Wilmot
• michael griffin
• Jan Cunningham
• gaye and alex wilson
• Elizabeth Ramshaw