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JRF publish ‘The future of care needs: a whole systems approach’
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has published a new briefing entitled ‘The future of care needs: a whole systems approach’. The briefing predicts the changing care landscape across the next decade, suggesting that an extra 400,000 people in the UK could be providing care for more than 10 hours a week by 2035. JRF also…
ReableDem Catalogue supports reablement in dementia care
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New educational resources launched to support the needs of LGBTQ+ people at end of life
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The Lewy Body Society 2026 Grant Round opens
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Integrated care
Better ways to integrate primary and community care will be explored by a House of Lords committee, which has issued a call for evidence on the challenges facing the sector and the barriers to integration. Chaired by Baroness Pitkeathley, the committee will look at existing models of integration, including the role of primary care networks…