Is Britain ready for “assisted dying”?
So long as social care is in crisis, the current debate feels premature.
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How council funding impacts public health
While focus often falls on the NHS, cuts to local authority budgets have had serious consequences for the UK's healthcare…
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What would a National Care Service look like?
Health and social care experts came together to discuss how a Labour government could transform the sector.
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What does an ageing population mean for the future of healthcare?
At New Statesman panel, organised in partnership with Biogen, looked at the impact of demographics on maintaining health and social…
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The Parliament Brief: Health Secretary defends banning care workers’ dependants
Victoria Atkins told MPs that plans to limit immigration are “sensible” and will not negatively impact the social care sector.
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Punitive welfare reforms won’t help sick Britain
Repairing the NHS and social care is the best way to get the long-term ill into work.
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Covid inquiry reveals what many already knew – the elderly are neglected
The government’s attitude towards over-65s has long been evident in its approach to social care.
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The Research Brief: why we need billions for social care
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Britain’s care deficit
By relegating the elderly and sick to the margins of life, we ignore the fact that one day we will…
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Keir Starmer: This is what I believe
Why we need a new mission-driven politics to renew Britain and defeat the enemies of progress.
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The government has broken its promises on social care
Slashing the £500m workforce fund in half will only cause greater suffering and economic turmoil.
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Care is a Gen Z issue
The compelling case for an economy with care at its heart.
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The Policy Ask with Joeli Brearley: “If you’re not happy and you dread going to work, then leave”
The founder of Pregnant Then Screwed on toxic workplaces, the need for universal free childcare and Stella Creasy.
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The worst of the pandemic may be past, but the NHS is struggling to recover
The total number of patients waiting for some form of investigation or specialist treatment has topped 7 million.
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Kate Lee’s Q&A: “People are surprised by how ruthlessly commercial I am”
The CEO of Alzheimer’s Society discusses working in the charity sector, and the appalling state of UK social care.
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Hoorah for the John Lewis Christmas ad. At last, the spotlight is on kids in care
Children in care are in the biggest ad slot of the year and hopefully, eventually in the thoughts of the…
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Can anyone save the NHS?
Short-term sticking plasters rather than long-term healing may be too tempting for Rishi Sunak’s unpopular government.
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Over half of non-British care workers come from poorer countries
Analysis raises concerns that the sector has relied on overseas labour after Brexit.
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The Policy Ask with Philip Banfield: “Health is the responsibility of all government departments”
The chair of the British Medical Association UK council on the politics of healthcare and the virtues of Clement Attlee.
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Changing how we treat dementia
We must focus more on prevention and early diagnosis.
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