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    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      OutlookJoseph Bambridge
      Behind the row about nurses’ pay lies a sickness in the NHS workforce

      Ill, overstretched staff are increasingly struggling to get treatment from an ill, overstretched service

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Hunt to delay social care reforms to help fix UK public finances

      Chancellor accepts need for pause of at least two years despite previously championing cap

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      Education
      Thousands of children aren’t turning up to school post-lockdown. Why?

      Pupil attendance in England has plummeted. Educators say the crisis has been a long time coming

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      National Health Service
      Health secretary sets up £500mn social care fund to boost NHS

      Coffey aims to stem exodus of senior doctors with pension change as she tries to tackle patient backlog

    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      Can my mother avoid using her home to fund care costs?

      She would like to transfer her property to me and my siblings

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      David Oliver
      The threat to NHS services is urgent and existential

      We are broken, burnt out and need politicians to face up to the scale of this crisis

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      Exploitation of migrants is rising as care homes struggle to fill jobs

      Chronic underfunding of the sector has led to recruitment problems and mistreatment of workers

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      News in-depthNational Health Service
      What can the UK learn from the Dutch approach to end-of-life care?

      Intensifying medical needs of baby boomers have exposed flaws in health system

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      National Health Service
      Lancet study links NHS privatisation with decline in patient care

      Research suggests rise in outsourcing led to ‘higher rates of treatable mortality’ from 2013-20

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      CareTech Holdings PLC
      CareTech to be taken private by founders in £1.2bn deal

      UK social care provider has benefited from rising demand during the pandemic

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Stephen Bush
      Care homes have a problem — they are focusing on the wrong customer

      The ‘testimonials’ page of many facilities is long on statements from relatives, but not from those in care themselves

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