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The Rundown Podcast: The Social Care Crunch
The Rundown Podcast: The Social Care Crunch
Health
This week on The Rundown, the panel discusses how the UK ended up with a crisis in social care, after successive administrations failed to grasp the nettle and deal with the rising costs of a sector that has ballooned in size to deal with our ageing population, while funding cuts have left local councils with their entire budgets swallowed up in providing statutory services.
Cross Party MPs To Write To Government Over Care Worker Visa Changes
Health
Cross Party MPs To Write To Government Over Care Worker Visa Changes
Labour MP Campaigning For Bereavement Suites In Maternity Wards Was 'Fighting For Life' As A Newborn
Health
Labour MP Campaigning For Bereavement Suites In Maternity Wards Was "Fighting For Life" As A Newborn
Duty of Candour In NHS 'Not Working', Says Inquiry Chair
Health
Duty of Candour In NHS "Not Working", Says Inquiry Chair
'All Peopled Out': Labour MP Cat Eccles On Being Autistic In Westminster
Health
"All Peopled Out": Labour MP Cat Eccles On Being Autistic In Westminster
Public Likely To Comply With Lockdown Measures To Halt New Pandemic, Poll Suggests
Health
Public Likely To Comply With Lockdown Measures To Halt New Pandemic, Poll Suggests
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Health
UK Google Interview: We Need Data Centres And Grid Connections, Fast
Opinion
We support the assisted dying bill because of our medical backgrounds, not despite them
Health
By Neil Shastri-Hurst and Beccy Cooper MPs
We support the assisted dying bill because of our medical backgrounds, not despite them
We must do more to improve access to fruit and vegetables
Health
By Mike Reader MP
We must do more to improve access to fruit and vegetables
Construction’s silent mental health crisis Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Building
Construction’s silent mental health crisis
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Labour MPs Warn New Restrictions On International Students Could Compound The University Funding Crisis
Labour MPs Warn New Restrictions On International Students Could Compound The University Funding Crisis
Education
In Greater Manchester, we have a plan to put prevention at the heart of the health system
In Greater Manchester, we have a plan to put prevention at the heart of the health system
By Andy Burnham
Health
Top Starmer Aide: Reform Voters Are 'Labour People' – They're Just 'Pissed Off'
Top Starmer Aide: Reform Voters Are 'Labour People' – They're Just 'Pissed Off'
Political parties
Michael Ellam: The EU Sherpa Resetting The UK-EU Relationship
Michael Ellam: The EU Sherpa Resetting The UK-EU Relationship
Foreign affairs
Why Westminster’s biggest parliamentary group is calling for a commission on electoral reform
Why Westminster’s biggest parliamentary group is calling for a commission on electoral reform
By Alex Sobel MP and Lizzi Collinge MP
Political parties
The Fragmented Party System Could Spell Chaos At The Next Election
The Fragmented Party System Could Spell Chaos At The Next Election
Political parties
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The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
Health
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
A mental health social worker takes us through a typical day in the job, from disappointing patients to dealing with abuse and threats
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Health
By Miriam Cates
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Resolving the modern care dilemma means putting family at the heart of the economy, writes Miriam Cates. But the challenges to implementing this conservative plan for care come from all sides – including the ‘ultra-online right’
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Stephen Kinnock is responsible for tackling one of the biggest challenges the government faces: social care. The health minister talks to Sienna Rodgers about charging reforms, professionalising the workforce and his family’s experiences with care
Health & Care news
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent child deaths
Health
By Mims Davies MP
Extend free cardiac screening to prevent child deaths
Conservative MP Mims Davies calls for free cardiac screening for all children at 14 and over to bring down the numbers dying from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. 
Crucial to keep funding research into malaria and tropical diseases
Health
By Jeremy Lefroy
Crucial to keep funding research into malaria and tropical diseases
Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on: 'Work of the UK in tackling malaria and neglected tropical diseases'.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Barbara Keeley MP to launch new guide for young and young adult carers
Barbara Keeley MP will officially launch a new guide to develop awareness of young and young adult carers needs amongst mental health professionals in Parliament today (Monday 26 October).
Concern over NHS £30bn funding gap is increasing, top charity warns Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Concern over NHS £30bn funding gap is increasing, top charity warns
Andy Kaye of Independent Age warns that 2020 will see a £4.3bn funding gap in adult social care unless something is done in the next spending review.
“A destructive vicious circle”: Damning Age UK report highlights crisis in health and social care for older people Partner content
Health
By Age UK
“A destructive vicious circle”: Damning Age UK report highlights crisis in health and social care for older people
A damning report by charity Age UK finds that the health and care system for older people in England is under severe stress and is underperforming, leading to higher costs, poorer health outcomes and worse patient and service user experience.
Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Online housing resource launched to help reduce health inequalities
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is launching today an online resource, supported by Public Health England (PHE), that aims to inform Environmental Health Practitioners and local authorities on the impact that housing conditions can have on physical and mental health, with the objective to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
Partner content
Health
By National Audit Office
The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS: progress review
Progress has been made in reducing the additional risk of death for people with diabetes and the additional risk of diabetes-related complications has been stable or has reduced for most complications, according to todays report from the National Audit Office. However, there are still 22,000 people estimated to be dying each year from diabetes-related causes that could potentially be avoided.
Councils implementation of Care Act 'inadequate', Shadow Minister warns Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Councils implementation of Care Act 'inadequate', Shadow Minister warns
Councils need more help to support carers, according to the Shadow Minister for Older People, Barbara Keeley.
Partner content
Health
By Slimming World
Mindfulness report highlights link between mental and physical wellbeing
Slimming World welcomes report on mindfulness and calls on government to invest in further understanding of the links between obesity, mental health and wellbeing, as well as establishing a national training standard for all health professionals to sensitively raise the issue of obesity and weight management.
Partner content
Health
By Mind
Stop sanctions if you’re serious about improving welfare-to-work support, says Mind
The Work and Pensions Select Committee have published a report on welfare-to-work support.
Partner content
Health
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Boris Johnson backs London Health and Wellbeing Week
London Mayor Boris Johnson says he is delighted that firms in the capital have joined forces for a health and wellbeing week which begins today (Monday 19 October).
Partner content
Health
By WaterAid
Global Handwashing Day 2015
Celebrations have taken place around the world for Global Handwashing Day. Here's a roundup of the highlights.
Government must make childcare available outside of school hours
Health
By Baroness Pinnock
Government must make childcare available outside of school hours
Liberal Democrat House of Lords Spokesperson for Children, Baroness Pinnock reflects on the passage of the Childcare Bill through the House of Lords this week.
British children are starving during school holidays
Health
By Ruth Smeeth
British children are starving during school holidays
Labour MP, Ruth Smeeth, calls for the Government to tackle child food poverty during school holidays
Partner content
Health
By Medical Defence Union
Get on the patient’s wavelength to avoid complaints – DDU advises
Dental professionals should have an open and honest dialogue with patients about what can realistically be achieved by dental treatment to avoid mismatched expectations and resultant complaints, the Dental Defence Union (DDU) said today.
Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
LGA Spending Review submission reveals care services at risk of closing
Responding to the publication of the Local Government Associations 2015 Spending Review submission, Dr Moira Fraser, Director of Policy and Research at Carers Trust, said:
Leading charity warns Jeremy Hunt over diabetes care Partner content
Health
By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Leading charity warns Jeremy Hunt over diabetes care
The Independent Diabetes Trust (IDDT), an independent charity for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, is very concerned at the level of care received by adults and children with diabetes within the NHS. 
Care Act ‘under threat due to lack of funds’ Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Care Act ‘under threat due to lack of funds’
The Care and Support Alliance is warning Government about the pressure on councils as the Care Act comes into force  
Potential blindness cure rescued by emergency charity funding Partner content
Health
By Macular Society
Potential blindness cure rescued by emergency charity funding
Emergency charity funding provided by the Macular Society saved a pioneering project that could cure blindness, it has been revealed.   
Mid-Staffordshire report prompts new professional standards for nurses and midwives Partner content
Health
By Nursing and Midwifery Council
Mid-Staffordshire report prompts new professional standards for nurses and midwives
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has today made the decision to introduce a process of revalidation for all nurses and midwives in the UK.
Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Top charities join forces to launch Every Child a Lifesaver campaign
St John Ambulance, the British Heart Foundation, and the British Red Cross have joined forces to launch Every Child a Lifesaver a campaign to make first aid compulsory in all state-funded secondary schools.
Partner content
Health
By WaterAid
A Million Hands: our brand new partnership with the Scouts
Were thrilled to be joining forces with the UK Scouts Association, to get a million hands behind our goal of reaching everyone everywhere with safe, clean water.
Tomorrow’s tax payer should not have to finance an ageing Britain– Health Minister Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Tomorrow’s tax payer should not have to finance an ageing Britain– Health Minister
The question of how older people’s care should be financed was addressed in a Tory conference fringe yesterday, with experts calling for honesty about the fact “we will all have to pay more”.
Devolution could transform health and social care, former Health Secretary says Partner content
Health
By KPMG LLP
Devolution could transform health and social care, former Health Secretary says
Devolution of health services could be the catalyst for significant integration of health and social care provision in the UK, a former Health Secretary has suggested. 
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Starmer: One Year On
2025
Online
Starmer: One Year On
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
2025
Portcullis House
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025