A man has been evicted from his hospital bed by court order after he “unnecessarily” refused to leave for more than two years, it has been reported. The patient arrived
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Other councils could follow Tory-controlled Surrey in seeking huge hikes in tax, the leader of Theresa May’s local authority has warned. Simon Dudley, Conservative leader of the Royal Borough of
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A Tory-controlled local authority is to hold a referendum on raising council tax by 15% in response to funding cuts and the crisis in social care. Surrey County Council said
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Conservative MPs have pressed ministers to speed up efforts to reform health and social care, with the existing system labelled a “complete mess” for patients. Former communities minister Mark Prisk
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A women’s refuge charity is warning more children will end up in care and more domestic abuse victims will be murdered if proposed council cuts go ahead. Hundreds have been
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An ex-government policy adviser has described Britain’s homecare system as broken as his firm sees an uptick in struggling councils seeking its help. Supercarers founder Adam Pike said the system
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A family and friends foster carer who took on three vulnerable children after their mother was unable to care for them, failed to get council support for the arrangement for
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A review of services for children and young people in Shetland has found evidence of significant improvement following an earlier inspection. Inspectors recently returned to the Shetland Community Planning Partnership
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More than a fifth of councils in England are still commissioning 15-minute social care visits, despite the Government agreeing half an hour should be the minimum standard, it was reported.
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Chairs of three influential House of Commons committees have issued a plea for Theresa May to call a cross-party review of the health and social care systems. In a letter
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