Half of all older people’s requests for care were turned down in the last year, new ‘woeful’ research reveals
According to worrying new research by Age UK, 2,000 older people’s requests for care were turned down every day in this last year, highlighting the…
Latest Government figures show reduced delayed discharges across the social care system over one-year period
Vulnerable people across England received almost 13 million extra hours of home visits from social care workers last year, new statistics from the Department of…
Twelve new innovative social care projects to benefit from £2.5 million investment
Helping create a more sustainable social care system for carers and patients alike, the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme (RfPB) has funded £ million…
LGA cries out for sustainable long-term solution to tackle the social care “funding crisis”
With Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement yesterday that the NHS will receive a welcome cash injection of £ billion, the Local Government Association (LGA) has…
Health and Social Care Secretary pledges £3.5 billion cash boost into “unsustainable” social care system
In his bid to succeed Theresa May as Prime Minister, Matt Hancock MP has promised a £ billion cash injection into the UK’s “collapsed” social…