This week’s Kings Fund /Nuffield Trust report, Social Care for Older People, paints a bleak picture of the future of…

Face-down physical restraint is still being used in mental health wards in England, despite the…

NHS doctors in England are to be made to declare their income from private work,…

The 193 countries of the United Nations are to sign a landmark declaration to rid…

“Virtual reality has helped eight paralysed patients regain some feeling in their legs in ‘a…

Care in later years covers everything from help in an individual’s home for tasks such…

Plans to centralise vascular services in north Wales have been criticised with a warning patients’…

There are more than one million people in the traditional care system. They live full-time…

Patients in Wales are being urged to take more control of decisions about the care…

Gathering dust on a shelf in the Department of Health’s London headquarters is a plan…

“The A&E department is full,” says Edna Panambo, the sister in charge at the Royal…

Government-funded care for older people is being increasingly rationed in England, leaving growing numbers to…

The Alzheimer’s Society launches the Dementia Friendly Awards to celebrate the efforts of individuals, groups…

Here is a cold, hard fact: about 800,000 people in the UK are lonely. Or,…

As another committee considers how to tackle the problem of the UK’s ageing society, Channel…