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Elderly ‘cut back on care’ as cost-of-living crisis bites

A significant proportion of elderly people plan to cut back on the amount of money they spend on care amid the cost-of-living crisis, a new poll suggests. Age UK said that there could be impacts on the health service after a new poll found that one ...

03 Nov 2022 at 08:43

Truss warned against ditching promise for 10.1% pension increase

Liz Truss and Jeremy Hunt have been warned not to betray older Britons by failing to keep a promise to increase the state pension by more than 10%. The Government is considering ditching a promise to increase pensions in line with inflation due to ...

19 Oct 2022 at 09:41

82% of pensioners below or just above poverty line ‘to lose winter fuel payment’

Four in every five pensioners living below or just above the poverty line will lose the winter fuel payment under planned benefit cuts, according to a charity. Age UK said its analysis suggested that 10.7 million UK pensioners will lose the ...

09 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Temperatures to plunge as cold snap expected to last at least a week

Temperatures could fall as low as minus 8C on Thursday night as wintry conditions are expected to continue for at least a week. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued cold weather health alerts for all of England ahead of a week ...

02 Jan 2025 at 20:54

UK bracing for heavy snow and icy rain after minus 5C temperatures overnight

Large parts of the country will be hit with heavy snow and freezing rain over the weekend, forecasters have warned, after temperatures fell as low as minus 5C overnight. Stranded vehicles on the roads and delayed or cancelled rail and ...

03 Jan 2025 at 10:47

Temperatures plummet to minus 5C overnight as cold snap continues to grip UK

Temperatures expected to fall as low as minus 8C as week-long cold snap hits UK

The country has been hit by a blast of cold weather, with temperatures falling as low as minus 5C overnight amid forecasts of snow and freezing rain. Meteorologists had warned that temperatures overnight could have plummeted to as ...

03 Jan 2025 at 09:33

Long A&E waits for hip breaks can increase odds of death – study

People who face long waits in A&E after fracturing a hip are at higher risk of death, a study suggests. Patients who wait more than four hours are also more likely to have a longer stint in hospital, experts found. Researchers ...

08 Oct 2024 at 23:30

Ministers ‘felt up to care homes to look after themselves early in pandemic’

Care homes were seen as private organisations which should look after themselves early on in the pandemic by a Government reluctant to intervene, the boss of a major older people’s charity has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. ...

05 Oct 2023 at 18:09

Corridor care in the NHS is a ‘crisis in plain sight’

Corridor care is a “crisis in plain sight”, a leading charity has warned, as it described “truly shocking” incidents of poor care of elderly people waiting days on end for care. A first-hand account from a patient likened ...

31 Oct 2025 at 00:01

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