Take part in online survey

1:04pm Wednesday 2nd April 2008

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RESIDENTS are being invited to go online and have their say about social care services.

The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) will use the survey results as the starting point to look into the issues and problems with the current system.

It was asked to investigate by the care services minister Ivan Lewis after a report in January revealed that most councils now only help people with substantial' or critical' needs.

CSCI chairman Dame Denise Platt said: "CSCI's starting point in conducting this review will be to consider the experiences of those people who have been through the eligibility process.

"We very much want to hear from those people who use services as well as their carers, friends and families.

"It is vital that we have a fair system that is transparent."

The questionnaire will be online on the CSCI website until May 9 and people can also write with their ideas for change.