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  • 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

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Private care homes push for sharp rise in prices to take on NHS patients

    Operators say higher tariff would allow them to attract and keep staff as hospitals look to free up space

    Montage of the NHS logo and a carer with an elderly person
  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The NHS needs a no-taboos review

    Structure and funding of the UK health system should be re-examined for a new era

    Paramedics offload a patient from an ambulance outside a hospital A&E
  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    National Health Service
    UK health leaders question impact of cash on freeing up hospital beds

    Call for ‘urgent clarification’ on ministers’ plans for up to £250mn going towards easing pressure on NHS

    Carer pushing woman in wheel chair
  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    We need to see social care as an investment not a cost

    Other countries have found big answers to managing ageing populations and it’s time Britain did, too

    Illustration of a black wooden rocking chair in the middle of a room with a red chequered blanket on it and a pair of slippers in front of it. Behind the rocking chair is a picture of balloons hanging over it. Next to it is a long grey curtain drawn back to reveal an old man in his pyjamas holding a large red balloon and two smaller balloons standing in the background. one of which is green and the other blue
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