All news on the topic: Social Care

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Create Older People's Commissioner to fight pensioners' corner, say campaigners
A host of organisations are demanding a new tsar to champion OAPs' rights in the corridors of power amid fears their voices are being silenced
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Unpaid carers 'overwhelmed' by crisis gripping sector amid Budget cash plea
A study lays bare the toll that caring for loved ones takes on relatives, as experts say better pay for carers would hep ease pressure on the sector - and the NHS
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Tories' 'crisis, cash, repeat' approach to social care blasted by experts
The Institute for Government published a report calling for a longer-term approach to tackling chronic problems in the sector - which could eventually ease pressure on the NHS
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'Monster' dad sexually abused girl, 11, 'every night' as she was placed in care
Elizabeth Price, of Swansea, said she was scared to go to bed aged 11 because her biological dad would sexually abuse and photograph her when he thought she was sleeping
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Three in five Brits fear crisis-hit social care system will not meet their needs
The alert comes in a poll for the Liberal Democrats amid growing warnings about the impact the social care crisis is having on the under-pressure NHS as it battles strikes and backlogs
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Paying carers Real Living Wage could help ease NHS crisis, say campaigners
The Living Wage Foundation believes lifting the pay of tens of thousands of care workers could encourage more staff into the sector, relieving pressure on the health service
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