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Poll backs social care

17/02/2009

A poll of visitors to this website has shown that 94% think social care is just as important as the NHS. Only 2% said the NHS should be a bigger priority. The poll shows the growing recognition that social care is gaining as a critical challenge facing our society.



Older people face cuts in social care spending

11/02/2009

Spending on social care services for vulnerable older people has been slashed in the past year, leaving thousands without the care and support they need, according to three leading charities. Help the Aged, Counsel and Care and Carers UK, working together as the ‘Right care Right deal’ campaign, are highlighting evidence from a new NHS report into social services expenditure, which shows a real terms decrease of £150 million for older people’s social care services, a drop of two per cent (1)



Letter to The Times

21/01/2009

The Right Care, Right Deal coalition has welcomed reports in The Times newspaper addressing the state of care homes, with a letter published on 20 January in the paper.



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