The shadow secretary of state for communities and local government, Caroline Spelman, has ignited the debate over the quality of care delivered to those with muscular dystrophy. She criticised the government saying many in her constituency had trouble getting access to various therapies from the "overstretched, unco-ordinated" services.

Spelman said that there was little access to care planning for this client group and this was causing many unnecessary emergency admissions which formed a significant proportion of PCT spending on emergency admissions.

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Posted 4 Nov 2009 1:12 PM by The Social Work Blog | Report Abuse

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