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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
13 February 2013
"Fully funded" social care plan - still needed
Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt would like to have us believe that he's a hero of the elderly. He has announced plans that will supposedly tackle the scandal of people having to sell their houses
9 January 2013
Who's neglecting society, Mr Lamb?
Happy New Year to NHS staff, patients and campaigners everywhere! Sadly, greetings cannot be extended to health minister Norman Lamb
17 October 2012
Invest in caring - we're worth it!
Care arrangements for elderly relatives are now a major issue for families. Here is my experience, writes Pete McNally, Worcester.
Stop the gas price hike - graph shows that household gas prices do not mirror wholesale gas prices as claimed, photo by Sources: Office for National Statistics/Bloomberyg
17 October 2012
Stop the gas price hike - Nationalise the utilities!
The privately owned gas companies are going to hike up the price of gas and electricity...again!, writes Alec Price.
BBC Documentary: When I Get Older: My time with Ivy, photo: screenshot from BBC
18 July 2012
Review: BBC TV documentary "When I get older"
Acute poverty and loneliness face many pensioners in Britain. This programme asked four pensionable age 'celebrities' to stay with four `ordinary` pensioners in their homes
18 July 2012
Tories stick the boot in on care funding
The Con-Dem government white paper on adult social care funding in England represents a further blow to elderly and disabled people requiring financial support
13 June 2012
The class divide in elderly care
Tory communities minister, Eric Pickles, has called for an "end to the blame game", announcing his new tough approach towards problem families: apparently, its time for people to stop blaming others and accept responsibility for any difficulties they face, writes Sue Powell.
9 May 2012
Care home closures in Sheffield
Sheffield City Council is planning to close all of the remaining elderly care homes in the city that are still council owned after years of privatisation of social care, writes Wyllie Hume, Sheffield Socialist Party.
30 November 2011
The Con-Dems don't: Two recent reports highlight the plight of the elderly in England and Wales. Firstly, the Office for National Statistics reported 25,700 deaths due to cold weather in 2010/11
Southern Cross Healthcare's private residential home care in crisis, photo B Severn
2 June 2011
Southern Cross - Social care on the brink
Southern Cross Healthcare is on the brink of collapse. This company provides residential care to 31,000 people and has 44,000 employees
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