May 2019
News for caregivers May 2019
The NHS continues its move into digital consultations to avoid unnecessary hospital and GP visits. NHS Continuing Care funding in England is being quietly withdrawn from thousands of patients. With the UK Government still too distracted to address failing social care, more policy groups have created their strategies to solve the crisis. Stroke deaths are […]
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In this week’s news: A hospital trust is fined for refusing to allow a vulnerable patient be released into the care of her family Bank transfers are due for extra safety checks, but not yet There are more calls to cut stamp duty for downsizing retirees Scotland has joined Wales in passing a law on […]
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Various policy groups have been setting out how they see social care being funded in the future, including a House of Lord’s committee, a conservative think tank and the Labour party. A new development in the drive to a digital NHS is an app to cut A& E waiting lists. Also in the news: […]
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