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In the Media: 13th-19th April

  • 22 April 2009

A weekly update showing media coverage of the Green Paper and wider care and support issues. Click on the link to read the article or news item.

The Daily Mail reports on the plight of pensioners in the recession, and speculates on when the care and support Green Paper will be announced. (15 April)

BBC News Online reports on an Age Concern & Help the Aged report, which says local authorities are dissuading residents from taking up deferred payment schemes to finance care. (18 April)

The Daily Mail reports that 75 ASDA stores will begin to sell walking sticks and wheelchairs to cater for Britain’s ageing population. (15 April)

The Financial Times examines the constraints that are likely to be placed on public spending. (17 April)

Community Care suggests that the NHS will struggle to meet councils’ demands for increased social care funding. (17 April)

The Daily Telegraph investigation has found that local authorities in England and Wales are cutting budgets by up to 10 per cent. (18 April)

The Independent on Sunday quotes a Depression Alliance report calling for the Government to make depression a public health priority. (19 April)

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