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Jeremy Hunt’s conference message to the social care sector
The new health secretary was not at his most assured in his speech to the Conservative Party conference. But he had messages for the social care and charities sectors.
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A shortage of adapted housing means that one in five people who suffers a spinal cord injury will be put in a elderly care home, regardless of their age, a charity has warned.
The new health secretary was not at his most assured in his speech to the Conservative Party conference. But he had messages for the social care and charities sectors.
Norman Lamb, who is the new Minister for Care Services, has a difficult job. How will the government find the £2bn that it will cost to implement the recommendations in the Dilnot Commission report?
“When we contacted both those organisations, they distanced themselves from the claim, saying they had never made any assessment of how many homes are sold each year to finance healthcare.”
The government publishes delayed plans on how it will reform provision of social care in England amid criticism it has not revealed how it will fund them.
Patronising elderly patients and using terms such as “bed-blocker” or “dear” should be banned, according to a report aimed at improving standards in hospitals and aged care homes.
Prime Minister David Cameron says: “We need to focus on nurses”, as he unveils a new plan to improve hospital care. But Unison warns job losses are leading to a collapse in morale among staff.
Labour accuses the government of a “stealth tax” on the elderly and disabled, as new figures reveal a stark rise in the cost of social care services and major disparities in costs across the country.
The last year has seen several reports highlight poor care of the elderly. One campaigner tells Channel 4 News the UK is “in denial” about the changes we need to make to cope with our ageing society.
Nearly half a million older people receive care in their own homes paid for by the local authority. But Channel 4 News has seen evidence the system is struggling to cope.
The average fees paid by local authorities for residential care homes do not even cover the costs of meeting the legally required “essential standards”, according to a report.
Two severely disabled adults have won a ‘landmark’ High Court battle against Isle of Wight Council over cuts to adult care.
Two severely disabled adults have won a ‘landmark’ High Court battle against Isle of Wight Council over cuts to adult care.
As a report finds one-fifth of NHS hospitals are falling below legally required levels of care, one of the trusts criticised concedes that the quality of nursing care across the country is variable.
A confidential report seen by Channel 4 News into the care of a dying, elderly man on an NHS ward has found a catalogue of failings.