• What does the future hold for social care?

    What does the future hold for social care?Our conference speakers this year will be taking a close look at the future of social care and examining some of the most important topics and new approaches that will help to shape its direction.George Appleton, Head of Policy at Care England comments:“The integration agenda has been something of a national priority for a number of decades. Yet, limited success has been realised. We have been presented with a newfound opportunity through the intro
  • ‘We fetishised being young – it’s just stupid!’: Judi Dench and Richard Eyre on ageing, Covid and saving the NHS

    ‘We fetishised being young – it’s just stupid!’: Judi Dench and Richard Eyre on ageing, Covid and saving the NHS
    Shot in 2021, a film of Allelujah, Alan Bennett’s 2018 play set on a geriatric ward, is released next month. How relevant does it remain? Its stars, including Jennifer Saunders and Bally Gill, share their thoughts during production – and more than a year laterI live 10 minutes’ walk from a disused psychiatric hospital in north London. Well, partly disused: 40% of St Ann’s in Tottenham, with the glossy new assessment centre and low-rise 30s blocks, is still going strong. T

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