Millions of people are missing out on rehab after heart attacks and cancer, a new report suggests. Leading physiotherapists said that some groups are particularly affected and warned that without
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People aged 65 and over can now book their Covid-19 booster jab online or via 119. The NHS is also offering appointments to carers and pregnant women as the vaccine
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Migrant victims of domestic abuse are being pushed from “pillar to post”, refused beds in refuges and reported to immigration enforcement after seeking help, a committee has heard. Women fleeing
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A woman with mental health difficulties has been barred from going online by a judge in a specialist court after council social services staff raised safety concerns. Mr Justice Arbuthnot
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Thousands of beds in shelters and new supported living accommodation in England will be provided as part of a landmark strategy to help the Government meet its manifesto pledge to
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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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More councils have signalled using churches, community centres and libraries as so-called ‘warm banks’ for people unable to afford to heat their homes this winter. Birmingham, which is England’s biggest
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A son “plundered” more than £1.5 million from his wealthy elderly mother, leaving her little for her own care, after she became too ill to look after her own financial
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The Government must urgently intervene to help struggling households with ballooning energy costs – or risk a “full-blown economic crisis” and mental health emergency, charities and think tanks have warned.
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More than half a million safeguarding concerns about the suspected abuse of adults were raised during 2021-22 – up nine per cent in a year, figures have shown. An estimated
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