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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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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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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Former chief inspector of social services Lord Laming has told a health minister he needs to take the threat to one of the country’s biggest private home care providers more
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Theresa May’s former deputy has called for “radical and brave” change alongside extra cash to help social care services. Conservative former cabinet minister Damian Green said a forthcoming Government document
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Patients including older people with conditions such as dementia and motor neurone disease are being hit with huge care bills because a postcode lottery is denying them access to NHS
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Current funding arrangements from Welsh Government will not cover the expected increases in cost and demand facing social care, the Welsh Local Government Association has warned. A joint report by
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Maximum interest rates on student loans are set to rise this autumn. From this September, students will pay up to 6.3%, after a rise in the Retail Prices Index (RPI)
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The Education Secretary has been urged to intervene after student nurses at 20 universities had their loans and grants cut off or reduced due to administrative errors. More than 800
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NHS trusts are spending millions of pounds outsourcing staff to new arms-length private companies, research has revealed. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by Unison showed that trusts in England
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