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One million found fit-to-work announcement plays into narrative ‘disabled people are cheating the system’
28 Jan 2014
The Government has been accused of a ‘deceptive use of statistics’ about the number of disabled people found fit for work through Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) assessments. Nearly one million of.....
Report reveals cost of dying too expensive for thousands of people
22 Jan 2014
A new report from the University of Bath argues that the current system of state support for funeral costs requires urgent review. With the average cost of dying having risen by 7.1 per cent in the past.....
Older people could be denied vital dementia drugs if new NICE policy goes ahead
13 Jan 2014
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence would have to look at the ‘wider societal benefits’of new medicines, which could see older people being denied vital dementia drugs. Currently, the National.....