The Rota

Sources, chapter by chapter

17 pages, 88 sources in total. Checked September 2026.

Every factual claim in The Rota is traced to the law or the guidance behind it. These pages carry the same numbered sources printed at the end of each chapter, with a live link to each one.

Chapter 1: The Plan That Was Never a Plan 5 sources
Chapter 2: Whoever's Nearest, Whoever's Free 3 sources
Chapter 3: The Week the Law Already Gives You 4 sources
Chapter 4: The Request They Have to Take Seriously 6 sources
Chapter 5: The Assessment That's Actually About You 7 sources
Chapter 6: The People You Haven't Asked Yet 4 sources
Chapter 7: There's No One Else to Put on the Rota 5 sources
Chapter 8: When Your Parent Doesn't Want to Be a Rota 3 sources
Chapter 9: Not Everything Needs You in the Room 1 source
Chapter 10: The Limits Were Already Written Down 3 sources
Chapter 11: The Conversation the Law Requires 2 sources
Chapter 12: When the Rota Needs Revisiting 6 sources
Chapter 13: When It Turns Into a Fight 3 sources
Chapter 14: The Breaking Point 3 sources
Chapter 15: When Your Parent's Capacity Changes 4 sources
Chapter 16: What This Actually Costs 7 sources
Appendix C: The four nations 22 sources