Social care workers report highest prevalence of long Covid among employment groups
Around six in 10 people with long Covid in the UK are likely to have been suffering the symptoms for a year or more, figures suggest. Some 1.2 million of
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Council failed to follow up concern for woman who lay dead in flat for years, inquest hears
Surrey County Council failed to follow up on police concerns for the welfare of a vulnerable woman who lay dead in her flat for years, an inquest has been told.
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Police say no third-party involved in death of vulnerable woman ‘abandoned and left to die’
Police have said they are satisfied there was no third-party involvement in the death of a vulnerable woman who lay dead in her flat for over three and a half
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Charities attack Government plans for single strategy to tackle major illnesses
Charities have criticised Government plans to create a single strategy to tackle major illnesses such as cancer, mental health and dementia. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said on Tuesday that the
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Archbishops call for radical person-centred overhaul of England’s ‘broken’ social care system
Archbishops have called for a “radical redesign” of England’s “broken” social care system. A so-called National Care Covenant, setting out the rights and responsibilities of national and local government, communities,
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Line Of Duty star accuses Government of ‘failing’ dementia patients
Actress Vicky McClure has accused the Government of “failing” people with dementia. The Line Of Duty star said patients are left “struggling and alone” after diagnosis. Meanwhile a “deep workforce
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State of social care system ‘a tragedy’ and we should be ‘really ashamed of ourselves’ – Dilnot
The state of the UK’s social care system has been branded “a tragedy” by a prominent economist who was the architect of the original plans for a care cap. Sir
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Funding for care beds ‘will not address root causes of NHS and care challenges’
“Tacked-on” funding to buy extra care beds in the community and speed up the discharge of hospital patients will not address the long-term root problems plaguing the health and social
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Health and social care workers in Northern Ireland to join strike action for better pay
Health and social care workers in Northern Ireland are to join a 24-hour strike planned for later this month in a bid for better pay. Trade union Unite said that
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NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’
The millions spent by the Government on buying extra care home beds will not address the long-term root cause of the issues, a senior social care figure has said. Ministers
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