Social care crisis
A recent report from the charity Age UK concludes that we are living on borrowed time in saving social care for older people from complete collapse. The report, ‘The Health and Care of Older People in ...
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Letters from Sue Bowley, Helen Braithwaite and John Marsh – NHS pressures
I am writing in reply to the letter from Gillian Crowe in your February issue. She does have a point in saying that recent immigrants, and the natural increase in the population, has placed an additio ...
What we want to see in the Budget
Poll of pensioners says Chancellor must prioritise health and social care funding Leading pensioner campaigners have welcomed reports that the Chancellor will set out a plan for tackling the social ca ...
The future of the NHS and Social Care: Why we want to see a cross-party review of care
Over recent months there has been a growing consensus that social care provision is in a state of crisis, and that the current settlement between social care and the NHS is not fit for purpose. It has ...