Barry Balderstone, 75, Turned Down For Social Care Help Dies Shortly After News
Friday 31 January, 2020 Written by Simon Collyer
SOCIAL CARE - Barry Balderstone, 75, suffered from a range of medical conditions including ulcerative colitis, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, double incontinence and chronic kidney disease.
He was deemed not ill enough to qualify for free, full-time social care and following two appeals that were turned down the 75-year-old died. He weighed just 7st (45kg).
Mr Balderstones widow has asked: "How ill do you have to be to qualify?"
This is yet another trajic case that points to how our whole welfare system is failing under the current government.
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