Alzheimer’s Research UK has called a new drug “historic” for its ability to slow the pace of brain decline caused by Alzheimer’s disease. The drug, lecanemab, can remove toxic beta-amyloid proteins that build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Biogen have said their drug works when it is […]
The Local Government Association (LGA) and the Independent Care Group (ICG) are calling on the Prime Minister to deliver the £13 billion pledged to tackle the crisis in adult social care as part of her leadership campaign. It comes as Health and Social Care Secretary Thérèse Coffey announced a £500 million social care discharge fund earlier this
Health and Social Care Secretary Thérèse Coffey has launched a £500m Adult Social Care Discharge Fund to free up hospital beds and help fix the social care crisis. There are currently 13,000 patients in hospitals in England who could be receiving care in the community and the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund will help speed
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, described as “Elizabeth the Great”, comes a wave of reflection and remembrance amongst Britain’s oldest who are sharing their own stories about the country’s longest reigning “marvellous” monarch. After 70 years on the throne and in her Jubilee year, Elizabeth II died on the afternoon of 8 September
Prime Minister Liz Truss said during her first PMQs clash with Labour leader Keir Starmer that she will be reversing the 1.25 per cent rise in National Insurance and is scrapping the Health and Social Care Levy. During PMQs (Prime Minister’s Questions) on September 7, Liz Truss spoke of plans to reverse the 1.25 per
The government has confirmed that around six million people with disabilities in the UK will be given a one-off £150 cost of living payment from 20 September. People with a qualifying disability benefit will be paid automatically from 20 September, with most of those eligible expected to receive their one-off payment within a couple of
Britain’s new Prime Minister must intervene to solve a care staffing crisis which has led to a sticking plaster reliance on agency staff who are more expensive, inexperienced and unreliable, says Care England’s chief executive. Boris Johnson may have packed his bags to vacate 10 Downing Street and despite promises to fix social care, during
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has ordered civil servants to significantly increase overseas recruitment of NHS and social care staff before the winter. Mr Barclay said, in an interview with The Telegraph, that his department was in a “real sprint” to get ready for September and a decision to hire more overseas staff
Keeping your home warm in the winter can be expensive. The fuel poverty charity NEA estimates that around 4 million UK households are unable to afford sufficient heating, and around 8500 deaths in the winter of 2019/20 were caused by cold homes. If you are an older person, are on a low income or receive certain benefits,
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NHS leaders are demanding the government make social care its ‘top priority’ as people’s safety is at risk from a lack of care provision. A July poll of 243 NHS leaders has found 99 per cent are seeing a social care workforce crisis in their local area and almost all think it is worse than