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Ted Brown warns about gay people being ‘pushed back into the closet’ after Noel Glynn was beaten by staffA man experienced homophobic abuse in a care home that left him with bruising on his body and an apparent cigarette burn on his hand, his partner h…
Residents at Kettering home left lying in faeces, dehydrated and with infected wounds as ministers rushed to free up NHS capacityThe depth of suffering in care homes in England as Covid hit has been laid bare in a court case exposing “degrading” treatm…
Live life to the full and relish the simple things, says Máirín HughesIreland’s oldest woman has marked her 109th birthday by sharing two tips on how to enjoy a long life: don’t waste time, and live it to the full.Máirín Hughes follows her own advice b…
Work and pensions secretary says his successor will have to ‘grasp nettle’ of bringing forward rise to 68Ministers will have to “grasp the nettle” on bringing forward the rise in the state pension age to 68 in the first couple of years of the next parl…
Two-year study by Nuffield Trust and LSE says successive governments failed to make social care a priorityDistress and heartbreak for millions could have been avoided if the government had not missed opportunities to prepare social care for a pandemic,…
Exclusive: Economists say ‘market power’ of TalkTalk, Virgin Media and SSE may allow them to set ‘excessive prices’A trio of telecoms firms have been accused of overcharging hundreds of thousands of landline-only customers by almost £200m, according to…
Study provides best evidence yet to suggest hearing aids could mitigate potential impact of hearing loss on dementiaWearing hearing aids could help cut the risk of dementia, according to a large decade-long study, which suggests that tackling hearing l…
Swedish police pressing ahead with removal of Kathleen Poole, 74, due to incomplete post-Brexit paperworkThe family of a woman with Alzheimer’s who is threatened with deportation from Sweden have vowed to do anything they can to stop her removal becaus…
Care home residents will be first to receive spring top-up jab as infections in England hit 2023 highMillions of people in England will be offered a Covid booster jab next week, health officials have announced, as recent estimates show infections have …
Exclusive: Investigation finds huge sums of taxpayers’ money spent on poor quality private homes Taxpayers have spent close to half a billion pounds buying beds in the worst care homes in England in the last four years, driving profits for private inve…