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    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      UK government failing to track social care plans, spending watchdog finds

      NAO says just £729mn from original £1.7bn budget may now be spent between 2022 and 2025

      A worker helps residents playing bingo game in a care home in Leicester, England
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      NHS England
      Hospital waiting lists hit record high of 7.75mn in England

      NHS data for August comes as further blow to government’s pledge to cut backlog as industrial action adds to strain

      A surgeon carries out an operation
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      Overseas hiring props up England’s social care sector, data shows

      Homes in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which pay higher wages, are less reliant on foreigners

      A care worker holds an elderly woman’s hands
    • Monday, 9 October, 2023
      UK employment
      Unwell over-50s at risk of poverty unless benefits rise, study finds

      Health Foundation research comes as Sunak vows to curb growing number of people claiming sickness benefits ahead of pension age rise

    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      £8bn needed to keep pace with demand for social care in England over next decade

      Figure rises to £18bn for a complete overhaul of system, according to Health Foundation study

      Staff assist a man using a zimmer frame at a residential care home in the UK
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      UK care homes
      How to pay for long-term old age care

      If you can, save early as costs are rising - by more than a fifth in the past five years

    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Chicken-foot broth: a short story by Will Harris

      ‘Jim’s expression is curious, tortoise-like. He looks at you like a family member he hasn’t seen in a long time’

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      House & Home
      Inside the new breed of almshouse

      Today’s charitable residences aim to be more accessible and aspirational, and end the age-old stigma surrounding them

    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      NHS England
      NHS leaders warn on pressures despite £200mn extra winter funding

      Staff shortages and prospect of more doctors’ strikes continue to challenge health system

      Rehab support workers perform a physiotherapy treatment on a patient
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Demographics and population
      Long-term care: counting the cost

      How are you shouldering the financial burden of old age?

      Staff assist an elderly woman in a care home
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      National Health Service
      The drag on getting discharged from Britain’s hospitals

      Nuffield Trust research points to under-investment and flawed co-ordination in health and social care system

    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      UK pledges £600mn to boost social care services ahead of winter

      Campaigners and experts welcome extra cash but warn of persistent staff shortages and need for wider reform

      A care home worker helps move an elderly resident
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      News in-depthHealthcare
      Care homes close as mortgage rate rises make businesses ‘unviable’

      Providers warn of further closures because of rising costs and delay to promised reform

      Care home staff: operators have warned there is ‘a considerable lack of resilience’ in the sector.
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Starmer under fire over vow to stick with Tory child welfare cap

      Labour leader dashes hopes his party would scrap restriction introduced by the government

    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      Union calls out ‘shocking abuse’ of migrant careworkers in UK

      More cases of recruits from abroad being forced to pay thousands in upfront fees and relocation costs, says Unison

      Care worker pushes patient in wheelchair
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      An ageing society can’t turn its back on social care any longer

      Governments have promised to tackle the crisis for 25 years, but it’s never an election winner

      Illustration of a frail elderly man with glasses sitting at a table in front of a paisley wallpapered wall
    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      UK Inequality
      Shift in government spending has cut UK inequality, study finds

      IFS says increase in health provision, wider access to education and introduction of university fees is behind change

      Students graduating from university
    • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
      HTSI
      How to feed the elderly better?

      Because it’s about much more than just getting three meals a day

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      The granny tax: coming to a family near you

      Number of people paying inheritance tax soars 24 per cent in a year as house prices rise

    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Emma-Lou Montgomery
      Plan now to afford typical care home costs

      Estimates of up to £99,500 for average later-life care mean it is important to save now or face difficult decisions

      A nurse pushes an elderly woman in a wheelchair
    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      UK care homes
      UK government defends handling of Covid in care homes

      Response follows report accusing former health secretary Matt Hancock of rejecting expert advice on testing

      Matt Hancock
    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      UK public services
      UK public services need more cash to arrest further decline, says damning report

      Situation will be even harder for whoever wins next election, finds Institute for Government

      Protesters with signs demanding funding for NHS and education
    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      LexHealthcare costs
      US M&A: primary care dealmaking is in rude health Premium content

      A push to reduce healthcare spending and increase efficiency is leading to consolidation

      An Oak Street Health clinic
    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Millions of young people unable to access mental health services in England, says watchdog

      Investment in psychological support fails to keep pace with rising demand, with acute delays for eating disorder sufferers

      A nurse comforts an elderly man on a home visit
    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      News in-depthNational Health Service
      Can the NHS be fixed?

      New ways of working are vital but ultimately the UK health service simply needs more cash, experts say

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