Care Support Independence

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.

General

The Daily Mail reports on a prototype kitchen which has numerous telecare aids to enable people with dementia live more independently. (29 April)

The Times interviews Steve Barnett, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation. (01 May)

The Sunday Telegraph has an extensive feature on the perceived intrusiveness of social services. (03 May)

The Sun draws attention to the Social Work Taskforce and asks readers for their experiences and views of social care. (05 May)

The Daily Record reports that a war veteran died after staff in a care home failed to notice he had a dislocated hip and weeping wounds. (30 April)