News

4 Jan

Three million lives ”will improve through telehealth”

Three million lives could be improved across England thanks to new high-tech healthcare, the care services minister Paul Burstow said as he pledged to make it available to more people with long-term conditions.

3 Jan

Poorest families left in the cold by energy suppliers

Some of the UK’s poorest families are not getting the help they need to heat their homes this winter from energy suppliers because of a funding shortfall, a leading charity has warned.

3 Jan

Politicians urged to seize chance to change social care

Politicians from all parties have been urged to work together to find a way to overhaul the “failing” social care system inEngland.

Cross-party talks about the care given to the elderly and disabled failed in 2010 but will start again this month.

2 Jan

Â£170m fund to help older patients leave NHS hospitals

Councils will get Â£1m each to spend on social care to reduce the number of elderly patients occupying beds longer than needed.

The government will announce a further Â£170m funding for councils on Monday, to help them improve care and support for elderly people coming out of hospital.

16 Dec

Dementia care: Hospitals ‘must improve’

Hospitals in England and Wales are falling short in the care given to dementia patients, a review says.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ audit of 210 hospitals – the first of its kind – says while services are safe, they are lacking in other areas.

15 Dec

DWP proposes new benefit rates from April 2012

The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare and pension policy. It is the biggest public service delivery department in the UK and serves over 20 million users.

14 Dec

New NHS report on Diabetes

Up to 24,000 people withÂ diabetesÂ are dying avoidably each year because they do not receive the right healthcare or do not manage their condition properly, a government-commissioned report has revealed.

14 Dec

Families betrayed over care homes funding

The scandal of pensioners selling their homes to pay for residential care could drag on until 2025.

It had been hoped a fairer system would be in place by 2015 but it emerged last night that it might take a decade longer.

14 Dec

New report by Alzheimer’s Society

People with dementia short changed out of Â£100 million and must be better protected says Alzheimer’s Society

The charity estimates that up to 112,500 (15 per cent) people withÂ dementiaÂ have been victims of financial abuse such as cold calling, scam mail, or mis-selling. Its new report ‘Short changed: Protecting people with dementia from financial abuse’, today calls for people with the condition to be better protected.