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Labour reveals goal to make care for older people 'one service, one team, one person to call'
24 Sep 2014
Labour has promised to integrate health and social care as part of a ‘new beginning’ for the NHS if it wins the next election. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has put forward the party’s plans for the NHS at Labour’s annual.....
Ed Miliband pledges to fund 5,000 more care workers in Labour conference speech
23 Sep 2014
Ed Miliband has promised to create more healthcare jobs and funding to the NHS if Labour gets into power at next year’s General Election. In his last party conference speech before the General Election, taking place 7 May 2015,.....
Mental health research reveals that one in six attempt suicide while waiting for psychological therapies
16 Sep 2014
The next Government must make talking therapies a priority, says the We Need to Talk coalition. Its newly published study adds further evidence to the mental health crisis by detailing unacceptable waiting times for NHS treatment.....
Scottish independence: All eyes on Scotland this Thursday as vote could change face of Scottish care
15 Sep 2014
The care sector has largely been quiet on the issue of Scottish independence, yet the vote this Thursday is set to have a huge impact both on older and disabled people and the care providers themselves. Welfare,.....
Around 70 million working days lost due to mental health illness
11 Sep 2014
Fast tracked access to treatment for working people with a mental health illness has been proposed in the Chief Medial Officer’s report ‘Employment is Good for Mental Health.’ The Chief Medical Officer wants.....
Patients will rate hospitals on food quality in drive to improve nutrition
01 Sep 2014
The Government is giving patients the power to rate food on hospital wards, in order to encourage hospitals, to raise standards of the food they serve. For the first time, the NHS will have to abide by mandatory.....