New report suggests tax needs to rise to £2,000 per household to pay for NHS
Tax may need to rise to historically high levels in order to give the NHS the money it needs to cope with an ageing population, a new report suggests. A
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Outgoing CQC chief suggests health and care services may deteriorate in coming year
The health watchdog has made assumptions that the standard of health and social care may deteriorate this year, one official has said. In an interview with the Health Service Journal
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Extra brain cancer research funding following death of Dame Tessa Jowell
A boost for brain cancer research has been announced following the death of Dame Tessa Jowell. The Government investment comes after the late Labour Cabinet minister, who died on Saturday,
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Hospice boss facing jail after admitting £100,000 credit card fraud
A hospice boss whose arrest cost the charity £100,000 in lost donations is facing jail after he admitted a long-running fraud. Graham Leggatt-Chidgey, 62, pleaded guilty to abusing his position
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Adult social care sector ‘could soon be on its knees’, MPs committee warn
Adult social care in England is in a “precarious state”, MPs have warned. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the system is underfunded while the workforce is “suffering from low
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Poor investment and staff shortages leaving alcohol treatment services ‘at crisis point’
Alcohol treatment services have reached “crisis” point in England as poor investment and staff shortages eat away at their ability to operate, a report has warned. A study by the
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Services tackling obesity, sexual health and addiction cut in 90% of councils
Ninety percent of councils have cut funding to weight management, sexual health and addiction services in a bid to save cash, according to new research. Some areas are scrapping the
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Nurseries and childminders struggling with cost of offering 30 hours of free childcare
Many nurseries and childminders are struggling with the cost of offering families 30 hours of free childcare a week, a poll suggests. Under a Government scheme rolled out last autumn,
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Lack of long-term planning for NHS and social care criticised by senior church leader
The Government’s refusal to set up an independent body to help plan for the long-term future of the NHS and adult social care has been branded “perfunctory and inadequate” by
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Growing funding gap in social care causing ‘unacceptable variation’ in services, Labour
There is a “growing funding gap” in social care which must be filled, Labour has warned. Shadow minister for Mental Health and Social Care Barbara Keeley told MPs it was
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