Carers UK to Present Carer’s Allowance Overpayments Report to Minister
Unpaid carers will share the devastating impact of Carer’s Allowance overpayments on their lives in a report due to be handed to Sir Stephen Timms,…
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European Medicines Regulator Rejects New Alzheimer’s Drug
Europe’s medicines regulator has rejected a marketing request for a new Alzheimer’s disease treatment, saying the risks of the medicine’s side effects. The medicines regulator…
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CQC “Not Fit For Purpose” Says Health Secretary
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is “not fit for purpose”, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has stated, after a critical report revealed significant…
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Councils And NHS Need To Work More Closely To Improve Local Care
Integrated Care Systems are not doing enough to put the vulnerable people they support at the heart of what they do, according to a new…
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Dementia Diagnoses In England At Record High
Record numbers of people are being diagnosed with dementia in England, NHS figures show. Latest data shows a record 487,432 people in England in…
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Covid Inquiry: Government “Ill Prepared” and “Failed Public” Findings Reveal
The UK government and every devolved administration ‘’failed their citizens’ by being ill-prepared for the Covid pandemic according to the distressing first conclusions of the…
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Sector Leaders Respond to Kings Speech
Legislation affecting health and social care feature in the plans Sir Keir Starmer’s new government has for the country, which were summarized by King Charles…
Read more...Junior Doctors Attend First Meeting with New Government
BMA junior doctors committee co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi attended their first meeting with the newly appointed Secretary of State for Health…
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NHS Waiting Times Slower To Recover In England Than In Similar Countries
The NHS in England is lagging behind other high-income countries on how quickly it is recovering from the pandemic when it comes to average (median)…
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Nation Must Rethink Its View Of Dementia Beyond Prolonging Life, Says Leading Care Professional
A leading care home professional says the nation needs to completely rethink the way it looks at people living with dementia in care homes –…
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US Regulator Approves Second Alzheimer’s Drug, Donanemab
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Alzheimer’s drug donanemab (known commercially as Kisunla) for people in the US with confirmed amyloid…
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NCF Members Amplify The Voices Of People In Receipt Of Care And Support As They Speak Up For Care
The National Care Forum (NCF) has worked with its not-for-profit members to amplify the voices of older people, people with learning disabilities and autistic people…
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Junior Doctors In England Begin New Strike
The NHS will face major disruption this week as junior doctors launch five days of industrial action, with services already under increasing pressure, England’s top…
Read more...A Decade Of Failure To Uphold NHS Patients’ Rights To Timely Care
New research by the Nuffield Trust shows that nine of the eleven waiting time targets set out in the health service’s contract with patients are…
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HICA Group Announces Specialised Veteran Care Initiative
As we recognise Armed Forces Day this weekend, a Yorkshire-headquartered social care group has announced the adoption and roll out of the Veteran Friendly Framework…
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