@MariaHSense

National Group Director of Operational Services, all my own views.

 Birmingham, England
Joined September 2015
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ADASS@1adass14 Jul 2025
Tomorrow (Tue 15) we're publishing our annual survey of adult social care, giving a unique insight into financial pressures & Directors confidence delivering care & support. It's an important read for anyone working in or drawing on social care, go to adass.org.uk
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Maria Horton retweeted
ADASS@1adass29 Apr 2025
4 in 5 of us will need adult social care in our lifetime. Yet, without the glue of adult social care, lives are falling apart. Long waiting lists, low staff levels, people reaching crisis point. Together, we can change this. Join us to transform care. adass.org.uk/care-cant-wait/
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"If the government makes these cuts, then it's going to be a huge struggle for myself. I won’t be able to do what I love doing” - Mohammed, supported by @sensecharity, is one of millions fearing cuts to PIP uk.news.yahoo.com/dwp-benefi…

The DWP want to cut my benefits to help me get a job. Here's why I don't trust them

Mohammed is one of millions fearing expected welfare cuts to disability benefits in the coming days.

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Maria Horton retweeted
Big Issue
@BigIssue15 Mar 2025
Growing speculation that the government plans to slash billions of pounds from welfare benefits is causing widespread fear among the disabled community 💷 The cuts could "destroy lives," warns James Watson-O’Neill, chief executive of @sensecharity 👇 bigissue.com/opinion/disabil…
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Help us into work, not poverty Thank you @BigIssue for the chance to share my thoughts and evidence from our work at @sensecharity on how these cuts could impact disabled people’s lives. bigissue.com/opinion/disabil…

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people

Sense warns that cutting disability benefits will plunge more people into poverty, but it’s not too late for Labour to do the right thing.

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Maria Horton retweeted
Akhil Paul@36Garhi7 Mar 2025
Empowered women empower the world! Let's celebrate the strength, resilience, and achievements of women everywhere. Let’s break barriers, uplift voices, and create a world where every woman—regardless of ability or background—thrives with dignity and equality. Happy Women’s Day!
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Thank you to everyone who came to our children's social care event this week. So many families with disabled children are in crisis, they’re burnt out and passed around between overstretched professionals. Services they need don’t exist and the law doesn't work. They deserve more
A picture of around 20 people holding three Sense-branded placards that say “1.7 million disabled children need better social care laws.” Representatives in the picture are from disabled children’s charities and service providers from across the country who are fighting for a more equal world for disabled children.

ALT A picture of around 20 people holding three Sense-branded placards that say “1.7 million disabled children need better social care laws.” Representatives in the picture are from disabled children’s charities and service providers from across the country who are fighting for a more equal world for disabled children.

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Maria Horton retweeted
Sam Carlisle@samcarlisle7 Feb 2025
"Our society should embrace citizens with learning disabilities and harness their potential, not fear, exclude and marginalise them." If you read one thing this weekend, read @ianbirrell 's beautiful tribute to his fearless daughter Iona. In Saturday's Daily Mail. #carers #SEND
Pic shows a sub head from a Daily Mail double-page spread, it reads: "After I held my dying daughter's hand, how did I feel? Immense pride in a young woman who - despite a lifetime of complex special needs - taught us that perfection comes in many different guises." by Ian Birrell

ALT Pic shows a sub head from a Daily Mail double-page spread, it reads: "After I held my dying daughter's hand, how did I feel? Immense pride in a young woman who - despite a lifetime of complex special needs - taught us that perfection comes in many different guises." by Ian Birrell

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Disabled children are being failed by the SEND system. @sensecharity has worked exclusively with @SkyNews to reveal the huge challenges families are facing. The government urgently needs to put a long-term funding plan in place and simplify the system. news.sky.com/story/almost-ha…
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Maria Horton retweeted
Ian Birrell@ianbirrell8 Feb 2025
My piece reflecting on life, love, loss and learning disabilities following the death of my daughter dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic…
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‘To prevent corridor care, we must improve social and community care’ nursingtimes.net/community-n…
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Linking delayed discharge and #socialcare reform, as this story does, is a mixed blessing. It may speed up action but will it be the right action? Here’s some ways a discharge/reform focus risks distorting the debate: thetimes.com/article/319484f…
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Social care is a lifeline for many disabled people but years of chronic underfunding has left the system on its knees. It’s right to have a review but vital that government works with disabled people to make sure social care works for everyone who needs it news.sky.com/story/social-ca…

First step towards National Care Service - but not until 2028

The head of the charity King's Fund says the plan for recommendations by 2028 is "far too long to wait for people who need social care".

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Let’s work together to find solutions. And let’s begin by being able to talk openly with government about the true costs of providing the great services that disabled people deserve.
V O D G@VODGmembership15 Dec 2024
New analysis by @Cordisbright commissioned by VODG looks at the impact of the #Budget on disability charities and the difficult decisions they face if guaranteed funding is not provided and passed on to frontline services: vodg.org.uk/resource/cordis-… @RachelReevesMP @hmtreasury
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Maria Horton retweeted
Sense@sensecharity17 Dec 2024
This morning, Head of Policy @hats_edwards gave evidence on children's social care to the Education Committee, representing the Disabled Children's Partnership @DCPcampaign. Harriet spoke about making sure disabled children are included in discussions on children's social care.
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There’s been a worrying rise in the number of disabled people living in poverty since the pandemic, rising by 1.8 million to 8.7 million. More than half of people in severe hardship live in a family that includes a disabled person. theguardian.com/society/2024…
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We’ve a social care impasse at top of government, so what next? Inside the social care sector itself, we do need a proper review and a long term plan for social care but we’re worn out by the debate by the last government when change is desperately needed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm27…

Social care 'impasse' at top of government - so what next, asks Laura Kuenssberg

Multiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed.

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Social care: Talks within government "have so far failed to decide even whether to hold another review of the system" - the behind-closed-doors tussles in Westminster from @bbclaurak bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm27…

Social care 'impasse' at top of government - so what next, asks Laura Kuenssberg

Multiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed.

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Maria Horton retweeted
Mencap@mencap_charity22 Oct 2024
It's disappointing that the NHS consultation isn't accessible yet for people with a learning disability, with no easy read. We've asked for the issue to be fixed promptly so that people with a learning disability can take part. Where's the Easy Read? ⏰ learningdisabilitytoday.co.u…
A man holding an open book with the words easy read written across it. He is wearing a grey t-shirt and standing against a white background.

ALT A man holding an open book with the words easy read written across it. He is wearing a grey t-shirt and standing against a white background.

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‘I’ve fought for better support for disabled children for 15 years… the cries of anguished parents have never been louder’ - a fantastic piece from our friend @samcarlisle thesun.co.uk/news/31119376/d…

I’ve fought for better support for disabled children for 15 years… the cries of anguished parents...

IT was a tragedy that compelled me to start writing about my disabled daughter, Elvi, 15 years ago. A mother and father, distraught at their tetraplegic son’s death from a virus aged five, had jump…

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