Families missing out as childcare funding ‘too complex’
Some 335,000 families could miss out on financial help they need to pay for childcare and stay in work because of the complexity of the new childcare support system, according
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Labour pledges £330m cancer funding if it wins election
Labour is promising to establish a £330 million cancer treatments fund to improve access to cutting-edge surgery and radiotherapy as well as the latest drugs if it gains power in
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Think-tank warns £2 billion needed to prevent NHS crisis
The King’s Fund has called for an additional £2 billion in funding for the NHS ahead of next week’s Autumn Statement. In a briefing published before the Chancellor makes his
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ADASS warns ‘time for society to make its choice’ on social care funding
The prospect of further cuts in social care budgets is very likely to erode further our capacity to provide vital care and support to disabled and older people; to ensure
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Study claims free childcare scheme is ‘chronically underfunded’
Families could face higher childcare bills if a major gap in funding for free places continues, campaigners are warning. The Government’s scheme to offer free care for young children is
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£20m funding secured for new Dundee care centre
Funding to support the build of a new community care centre, which will care for the elderly in the Dundee area, has been secured. The £20 million investment is part
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Councils reveal £4.3 billion ‘black hole’ in adult social care funding
Services for elderly and disabled residents are in danger of spiraling into crisis after new analysis reveals a £4.3 billion funding black hole by the end of this decade, social
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Report suggests innovative investment could solve elderly care crisis
Social investment could play a leading role in alleviating the crisis faced in social care for older people, but urgent action is needed to make this happen, says a new
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Senior NHS manager warns of ‘£75-a-night hospital stay’
Hospital patients could be asked to pay for their “bed and board” if funding does not match increasing demand, a top health service manager has warned. Rob Webster, chief executive
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NI Health Minister welcomes £6M dementia funding
Health Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed a funding boost for Dementia services in Northern Ireland. The Minister acknowledged the funding from the Executive’s Delivering Social Change programme as he launched
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