#social-care

#social-care

I think we're finding on the ground that people are coming towards us, partly because they like what we're saying on things like the NHS and social care. We're the only party pressing Labour for a solution on social care, but they also like our community politics, where we're actually on the doors talking to people, listening to them and then responding to their issues. Whether it's something in their local road or something in their borough.

The study found that when using Google's AI tool Gemma, language such as disabled, unable and complex appeared significantly more often in descriptions of men than women.

Despite spending more on psychiatric services and prescribing psychiatric medications at a higher rate than almost any other nation, mental health in the United States over the last two decades has only been getting worse.

The social care sector faces 130,000 vacancies, requiring 540,000 new care workers by 2040 due to an ageing population and chronic undervaluation of workers.

The motion to rescind the climate emergency declaration in Durham has been condemned as a very dark day for the authority. The council has shifted its focus to a County Durham care emergency instead.

The three-year strategy will be rolled out this autumn and reflects the voices of nearly 4,000 carers, according to Lucia das Neves, the council's cabinet member for health, social care and wellbeing.

Wellspring Care Homes Ltd has identified a clear need for a care home in Ilford, responding to the local shortage of such accommodations.

The economic costs of inaction in social care are significant, affecting individuals' ability to work and participate in the economy, thus impacting potential tax revenues.

The Health and Social Care Select Committee states that failing to reform England's social care system is both a human rights issue and an economic burden on taxpayers.