Long Term Care

Bedford-based mutual society chooses Disability Rights UK as its charity partner for 2018

Slowdown linked to austerity and NHS neglect, academics argue

With another green paper consultation on the cards, Richard Walsh examines the state of NHS funding, whether we're at a tipping point and the key questions that need to be addressed when covering social care costs.

Result of Theresa May's reshuffle

Prime Minister's cabinet reshuffle re-appoints Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary but with responsibility for Social Care rolled in.

Scheme to help carers of disabled people build better state pensions failed to reach 97% of target group, a Freedom Of Information reply from DWP has revealed.

Research by Royal London into care funding has found a huge variation in both the amount councils would be willing to pay towards care home costs and the extent to which people have to 'haggle' with their local authority to obtain a good deal.

The majority (73%) of over-45s have not planned or spoken with family about care in later life and are confused about government policy, research from Just has found.

First Secretary Damian Green has announced that the government will publish a green paper on care and support for older people by summer 2018.

'Last big unpooled risk citizens face'