Boris Johnson has vowed to produce a plan for solving the social care crisis within the next 12 months. The Conservative Party’s manifesto had promised only “cross-party” talks on how
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More people will be working on Christmas Day compared to previous years, often without any extra pay, new research has suggested. The TUC estimated that 1,104,000 employees will work on
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“Bed-blocking” due to a lack of social care will have cost the NHS a “staggering” £587 million between the last general election and the forthcoming poll, a charity has calculated.
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The Conservatives have pledged that nobody will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care if they win the election, but leading health policy experts have accused
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Health visitors have launched a month-long strike in a long-running dispute over contracts. Members of the Unite union in Lincolnshire are to stay on strike until December 13 in protest
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GPs no longer have the capacity to offer home visits and a separate arrangement is needed for patients, doctors have said. Kent local medical committee (LMC), an independent body which
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Around 1.5 million older people in England have an unmet need for social care, a charity has warned. Age UK estimates that one in seven people aged 65 and over
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Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has launched its Long Term Plan for the independent adult social care sector. With the General Election
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The next government should make all new homes accessible and adaptable, according to a coalition of housing and charity groups. The organisation, which has called itself Housing Made for Everyone
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One in five employees over the age of 45 anticipates eventually having to leave their job in order to care for an adult family member, a survey has revealed. Some
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