care
24 Feb 2025
Urgent Need for Support Among UK’s Unpaid Carers
A recent State of Caring Survey conducted by Carers UK has exposed significant challenges faced by unpaid carers across the UK, revealing a distressing trend of overwhelm and inadequate support....
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08 Jan 2024
London gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised NHS services while rural areas miss out
The Health Service Journal recently reported on NHS England figures. HSJ findings suggest “people in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments they should be getting, while...
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16 Aug 2021
Report – Improving non-emergency patient transport services
NHS England has released the following report at the beginning of August:Improving non-emergency patient transport services – Report of the non-emergency patient transport review The review explores the service as...
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15 Mar 2021
Home care issues for people in rural areas
The BBC reports on complaints around social care services in rural areas due to a lack of staff and high mileage costs. More than 80 eligible people in Cornwall currently...
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18 May 2020
Coronavirus: £5bn needed to stop local cuts say county councils
English councils have called on the government to provide a £5bn “income guarantee” to prevent local authorities from having to cut services as the coronavirus hits finances The County Councils...
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