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Loneliness is as big a killer as smoking, obesity and alcohol, campaigners warned as they held the first major summit on loneliness yesterday.

The standards of care provided for older people in their homes in theUKhas been labelled “shocking and disgraceful” by a consumer group.

Which? found cases of missed visits, food left out of reach, medication not given and people being left in soiled beds during its investigation.

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The latest edition of the Southwark Carers News is now available to download.

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We have been approached by the organisers of Carers Week,to participate in their annual survey that asks unpaid carers questions about their health and wellbeing. This information will be used to assess the impact of the social care cuts on carers’ lives.

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This course is being provided to enable informal family carers to gain confidence in co-delivering training and participating in meetings and consultations.

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Some three million patients could be consulting their doctors and managing their health conditions online by 2017, saving the NHS £1.2 billion, Paul Burstow, the Care Services Minister, has claimed.

The current system of organising care for the elderly and disabled is a “dog’s breakfast” and in urgent need of reform, the minister responsible for it admitted yesterday.

Thousands of hospital admissions for falls and fractures among older people could be prevented by better, more integrated care. If significant improvements aren’t made to prevention services, admissions will double and the NHS and Local Authorities will need to spend £6 billion a year on hip fractures by 2036.

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Britain’s care system for elderly people is blighted by “institutional ageism”, the care minister said last night.

NHS nurses and care workers should sign up to a code of conduct guaranteeing that elderly patients are treated with dignity and respect, according to an alliance of politicians, regulators and charities.

Pensioners are being spoken down to, prevented from taking decisions, and denied privacy and the best medical treatment.

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