Care
Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules
Hundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home secretary’s plans to toughen up the immigration system under proposals being considered by Andy Burnham as he...
My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already | Gaby Hinsliff
One of the last things Andy Burnham did before entering Downing Street was to go and see his father.Now living in a nursing home, Roy Burnham has Alzheimer’s and...
The Guardian view on social care reform: Andy Burnham is right – this issue must be gripped | Editorial
Andy Burnham chose not to make social care the centrepiece of his first speech as prime minister. Instead, rough sleeping was named as his top priority upon entering 10...
Prejudice and misogyny are impacting maternity care | Letters
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett asks why women are so routinely ignored in their maternity care (Belittled, ignored or gaslit – now we know the true cost of not listening to...
‘Horrific’ maternity care failings at Nottingham NHS trust prompt calls for public inquiry
Horrific failings led to 520 mothers and babies in Nottingham suffering harm or dying, sparking calls for a public inquiry into maternity care across England.In all, 444 women and...
‘It was so terrifying’: care workers tell how they were trapped at home by Belfast mob
For four hours, Ugandan care workers Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot were barricaded into their house near Crumlin Road in north Belfast, smelling smoke leaking into their homes, and...
‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general election
Andy Burnham has signalled he would begin transforming England’s broken social care system this year if he became prime minister, accusing Westminster of “flinching away” from tackling difficult policy...
Who Do You Think You Are?-style service to help young care leavers reconnect with their ‘tribe’
Growing up and leaving the care system is daunting enough, but for 22-year-old Hannah, from Hertfordshire, the biggest anxiety was the sudden reality of no longer having a crowd...
