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COVID testing to be majorly reduced in England

As part of the living with Covid-19 approach testing is due to be scaled back even further in England from next month.

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New report exposed limited evidence of people using digital social care

A new report, released today, has found only a handful of councils, housing and care

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400 women could be offered a life-extending cervical cancer drug

Following new recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, a life-extending drug

Headlines Physical Disabilities

Coroner issues warning to government over gap in services for vulnerable people

A coroner has written to the government over concerns that a gap in services for

Children Headlines

Nottinghamshire Children’s health disregarded after Covid-19 pandemic

A recent Nottinghamshire health review has found the health of children in the region may

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Report: UK Care Week 2023

Last week UK Care Week took place at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham and

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HIV and hepatitis C monitoring must increase among drug users, study finds

Countries must intensify efforts to track HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence among people

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Researchers trial groundbreaking primary care programme for older adults

A study led by McMaster University researchers found a primary care programme promoting the health

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Labour’s Rayner commits to sectoral collective bargaining in adult care

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said that a fair pay agreement for adult care workers would be the first step in a future Labour government’s agenda to boost collective bargaining in the economy.

Children Headlines

Government warned against underfunding children’s mental health services

Steve Barclay has been alerted after NHS failures to provide mental health care contributed to

Headlines Health

Plans rejected to fund a national antidepressant withdrawal helpline

The only helpline available to help people in England struggling with coming off antidepressants has

Care Headlines

Government launches major national strategy to reduce number of tragic suicides

The government has pledged to reduce England’s suicide rate within two and a half years

Headlines Physical Disabilities

One third of disabled people struggling financially, research shows

A third of disabled people are struggling to make ends meet – three times the

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The role of data: unravelling the government’s adult social care roadmap

John Lanyon, Co-Founder of KareInn, reviews the government’s updated roadmap for better data for adult

Headlines Physical Disabilities

Scottish government announces reopening of Independent Living Fund

The Scottish government has announced it is to reopen the Independent Living Fund (ILF) for

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Covid boosters rolled out from today as new variant infections escalate

A new strain of the virus has forced booster vaccinations to be delivered faster than