Loneliness and isolation in rural Wales is a “ticking time bomb” which must be tackled, a Welsh Government minister has said. Huw Irranca-Davies, the social care minister, said that dealing
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Mears Group has navigated a shareholder’s attempt to oust its chairman by agreeing to consider its proposed candidate for the role. Activist investor Shareholder Value Management (SVM) has withdrawn a
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Peers have backed reform of safeguards for vulnerable people detained in care homes or hospitals without the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements. But despite giving the Mental Capacity
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Carers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight will not be paid minimum hourly rates after a Court of Appeal ruling. In a decision
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The loss of a loved one is a devastating life experience for anyone but for the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability it is additionally bewildering,
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Thousands of people with learning disabilities are “trapped” in institutional care and are having their “human rights routinely ignored”, MPs have heard. Lib Dem former health minister Norman Lamb warned
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Ministers have been accused of complacency by MPs in the face of a looming cash crisis for local councils in England. The Commons Public Accounts Committee warned authorities were facing
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A Tory former minister has called on the Government to make social care “free at the point of use”. Mark Prisk told MPs that with health and social care being
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The NHS will be able to make decisions to deprive people of their liberty under new law, health officials have announced. The current Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) system has
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The Government has announced a £215 million package of funding for research into transforming the lives of millions of people living with a range of conditions, including life-long illnesses, mental
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