I am not too sure how much detail I should record about this, as it could be sensitive, but I think it should be blogged about. My partner Lyn keeps getting invoices from the local council for her care. No cover letter comes with them, just an invoice. Obviously they worry Lyn a great deal: her personal care is usually paid for through direct payments and so on, so we don’t understand why they are asking her for this money, which is a hefty sum. She got another such invoice recently, so we rang up to ask why she was getting asked for this money. Predictably, it seems that there has been an administrative cock-up and quite a few people have received such invoices incorrectly. Lyn was told not to worry, but to be honest I think it was a rather unpleasant mistake to make. Lyn is the type of person who can handle almost everything, but wouldn’t you be petrified if you got invoiced for money you didn’t have for a service which is ordinarily paid for but which you couldn’t do without?