Age UK response to yesterday’s Budget
Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK, said: Health and social care “The confirmation of additional funding for the NHS is good news for health services, but the failure today to bolster ...
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Older people waiting far too long for essential social care
New figures from Age UK show an escalating social care crisis in England with 2,431,120 bed days lost to the NHS between June 2010 and March 2015 as people wait too long for vital social care. Not onl ...
Communications for the collection of charitable donations
You will have read over the past week a terribly sad story of a charity worker Olive Cooke who took her own life. As the CEO of a charity and a hospice I am moved to comment. One of the great friends ...
Dignity and security in retirement
Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director for Age UK, comments on the Queen’s Speech: “The Government’s commitment in the Queen’s Speech to the NHS’s 5 year plan, to increased integration of health an ...