Care news

• Vicki Martin obituary

  22-09-2023 21:27
  
  My friend Vicki Martin, who has died aged 86, worked in social care for many years before becoming a social work assessor operating across the whole of Wales. Vicki’s life embodied social justice and the importance of investing in better futures for everyone.After starting out in the field as a support worker for people with learning disabilities at Bryn y Neuadd hospital, Llanfairfechan, in the 1970s, Vicki was a maternity unit social worker at St David’s hospital, Bangor, in the 80
  
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• Lib Dems’ Ed Davey to make £5bn-a-year pledge on care in England

  22-09-2023 16:00
  
  On eve of party conference, leader says he feels a heavy responsibility to help get Conservatives out of powerEd Davey is to pledge a £5bn-a-year guarantee of free care packages for all in England as the Liberal Democrats gather for their first in-person conference since 2019.Desperate to translate recent byelection successes into a mass haul of parliamentary seats, the Lib Dem leader plans to use the event in Bournemouth, which starts on Saturday, to become the first of the major UK polit
  
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