Social work news

• Five key workers on how Labour can fix Britain, from the NHS to prisons

  06-07-2024 18:00
  
  Workers in healthcare, education and justice are battling crumbling systems. They told us what actions they want to see from the new governmentKeir Starmer opened his first cabinet meeting on Saturday with the words: “We have a huge amount of work to do.” From the NHS to schools and prisons, the public sector is battling chronic underfunding, staff shortages and record demand for its services. The Observer asked five key workers what Labour’s priorities should be in the months
  
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• For years I was my parents’ reluctant carer. Then I was told I was making things worse

  06-07-2024 12:00
  
  I was there through their infirmity, incontinence, our cohabitation - and suddenly I was fired Like an organised criminal, my mother no longer communicates by phone. Visiting her can be convoluted, but it beats the days when I thought I might never get away. That’s what I tell myself, anyway. Her, I tell very little, until I arrive. Plans and possibilities weigh heavily on Mum’s mind, raising questions whose answers she cannot remember, stranding her in her own inquiries. Now I plot
  
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