Fewer unpaid carers are receiving council support or respite breaks, while official spending is falling, according to analysis revealing a “widening gulf” between Government rhetoric and reality. Millions of people
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The new prime minister must “turn the page and take a more intelligent approach to social care” amid an “astonishing” level of need which is not being met, groups have
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Hospital patients who are medically fit to be sent home have been forced to wait at hospital for months on end while provisions are made to get them safely home
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A grandfather fell, wounded his head and was taken to hospital while waiting for a social care assessment to enable him to go into a care home, his family said.
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Around 600 people every day are joining growing waiting lists to be assessed for social care and support in England, figures from councils suggest. Unprecedented numbers of people needing help
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A couple who enjoyed holidays abroad with some of the money from a relative who faked a neurological condition to scam a local authority out of more than £624,000 have
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A woman has been jailed for almost five years after she and her family faked a neurological condition to scam a local authority out of more than £624,000. Frances Noble,
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There has been a “rapid acceleration” in the number of people dying at home in the UK, with hospices delivering almost one million “hospice-at-home” services in 2020 and 2021, a
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New research estimates more than 500,000 adults are waiting for social care in England. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) said it is a major increase on
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has urged people to play their part in shaping the future of social care in Northern Ireland. The Minister today announced a further extension
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