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Unpaid carers increasingly worried about health and finances amid rise in hours

Unpaid carers are taking on “significantly more” hours and becoming increasingly worried about their physical and mental health and how they will cope financially, according to a report. Just under half of unpaid carers (46%) are worried about the ...

08 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Rising tide of poverty ‘undermining children’s life chances’ – health visitors

The majority of health visitors are concerned that health and wellbeing “threats” faced by UK children will not be addressed if a problem was identified. Only 7% of health visitors in the UK felt confident that all families would be able to ...

18 Jan 2023 at 07:35

Families shoulder ‘imbalance’ of care costs, says Wes Streeting

Individuals are shouldering an “imbalance” in paying for social care, Wes Streeting said as he was confronted about the sums one family is facing. The Health Secretary has faced criticism in recent days for not giving a hard deadline on ...

07 Jan 2025 at 20:05

Kate Garraway says cost of husband’s care exceeded ITV salary

Kate Garraway has said the £16,000 monthly cost of her husband Derek Draper’s care was more than her salary from ITV and caused her to rack up huge debts. The TV star announced that her husband had died at the age of 56 in January, ...

25 Mar 2024 at 21:00

Adult social care services braced for ‘most challenging year ever’ – Adass

Just one in eight directors of adult social care services in England are confident they have the resources to meet their responsibilities this year, a survey has found. Adult social care bosses are seeing more people request help ...

19 Jul 2022 at 12:22

Kate Garraway: I want my husband’s legacy to be fighting for care system change

Kate Garraway has said she wants her late husband’s legacy to be fighting for change in a care system which feels like it is “there to catch you out” when it should be there to “catch you when you fall”. The TV star announced ...

26 Mar 2024 at 23:21

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