And this is a useful overview of how other countries deal with the costs of social care www.thetimes.com/article/eb46...
How other countries tackle the spiralling costs of social careDenmark uses general taxation, Germany obliges adults to pay for their parents and Japan has long-term insurance. What can England do?www.thetimes.comThis is interesting on Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s provision of free elderly home care. This is partly as they have a good tax base and relatively smaller number of older people. But by intervening earlier it also keeps costs down… www.thetimes.com/article/5aaa...
The only council in England offering free at-home social care to elderlyIn the London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, more than 1,500 people a year get free essential support, taking pressure off local NHS hospitalswww.thetimes.com
The Times / S Times have been doing some good ‘behind the headlines’ pieces on big social issues recently. Their piece last weekend on Severn Trent was annoyingly good. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Secrets of the water firm that hasn’t had a hosepipe ban in 30 yearsWith 23 million Brits under restrictions, I asked Severn Trent how it avoided them. Naturally, I ended up on leak patrol with a dronewww.thetimes.com
