Care
Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts
Millions of adults and children in England face being forced to wait longer for mental health care, with more than two-thirds of NHS providers planning to cut services and...
Perez Hilton’s Family Confirms He’s “Receiving Medical Care” Following Hospitalization
Content warning: This story discusses self-harm. Perez Hilton is being supported by his loved ones during his hospitalization. One day after the blogger appeared to engage in self-harm during...
What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
Lisa* has used her local glazier so many times that he gives her a discount. For months, when care workers arrived at her mum’s home, they would find the...
Andy Burnham’s first step towards fairer social care for all | Letters
I write as someone whose disabilities mean that I will be in receipt of social care support my whole life (Andy Burnham seeks cross-party agreement on future of social...
Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care
For campaigners perpetually disappointed by the failure of England’s political classes to fix England’s creaking adult social care system, the fear was that Andy Burnham’s long-trailed speech on Wednesday...
Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who believes that | Polly Toynbee
“People pleaser!” That’s the insult Andy Burnham’s enemies sneer at him. And yes, he will need all his mightiest people-pleasing talents to win over voters to contribute to a...
Burnham to give speech on social care as Louise Casey plays down cost concerns saying many families ‘already paying’ – UK politics live
Key eventsIn her interview on the Today programme, Louise Casey said that dementia was a “big hidden problem” in society.She explained: double quotation markIt is absolutely extraordinary to me...
Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care
Andy Burnham has promised “problem-solving, not point-scoring” before a speech on social care in which he will set out his strategy for resolving one of the most intractable problems...
Social care in England: how could we pay to fix a ‘broken system’?
The prime minister, Andy Burnham, has said the adult social care system in England is broken and needs fixing. This is a view commonly shared by policymakers across the...
Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live
Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax risesGood morning. Yesterday Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, told Sky News...