Elderly and frail patients aged 81 and over are worst affected by the ongoing crisis in A&E, which often leaves those admitted to hospital waiting for a bed to become available in inappropriate places like corridors and cupboards. Over 2 in 5 of Most Elderly Patients Wait Over 12 Hours in A&E appeared first on The Carer.

The cost of dependency-forming medicines prescribed in England has more than halved since 2016/17. New data published by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) shows the cost fell by 57% between 2016/17 and 2025/26, from £756 million to £325 million. Prescriptions For Dependency-Forming Medicines Cost NHS £431 Million Less Than In 2016/17, New Figures Show appeared first on The Carer.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) is urging councils and care providers to ensure consistently high standards of end of life care, warning that failures during a person's final days can have a lasting impact on bereaved families. Ombudsman Calls on Councils and Care Homes to Improve End of Life Care appeared first on The Carer.

102-year-old Walter Martin shared his wartime story as part of project to preserve the memories of Britain's remaining WWII veterans. WWII Glider Pilot Honoured in Hastings appeared first on The Carer.

Nurse leaders have welcomed a government call for evidence on the list of professions and roles that should be permitted to call themselves ‘nurses’. Call for evidence on providing legal protection for title ‘nurse’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Chiara Quetti explores how prolonged exposure to high stress healthcare roles can reshape behaviour, affecting wellbeing, teamwork and relationships. ‘Prolonged exposure to high-stress healthcare roles can shape behaviour’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Baroness Casey of Blackstock has launched The Big Conversation on Care, the most ambitious public conversation in a generation, handing the public a direct role... Baroness Casey Launches the Big Conversation on Care with the Public appeared first on The Carer.

#NoWrongPath is a national campaign encouraging people across Scotland to share their career journeys, to reassure young people that there is lots of different paths and options available when leaving school.  

From 3–7 August 2026, our staff will be sharing their own career journeys from leaving school to where they are now. 

Baroness Gillian Merron on the government's new push to stop fake nurses using trusted titles to protect patients. ‘If someone is using the title ‘nurse’ in a way that could mislead, the public deserves protection’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

From 10th to 16th August 2026, care homes up and down the country will once again be reaching for their finest china, plumping up their scones, and polishing their teapots in celebration of Afternoon Tea Week — one of the most delightfully British traditions in the residential and nursing care calendar. A Toast to Tradition: Celebrating Afternoon Tea Week in Care Homes Across the UK appeared first on The Carer.

The care sector has today given a cautious welcome to Prime Minister Andy Burnham's landmark speech on adult social care, in which he vowed to fix England's "broken" system and pledged that his government would succeed where "successive administrations have ducked the issue for too long." Sector Give Cautious Welcome to Prime Ministers Speech on Social Care appeared first on The Carer.

A major consultation exercise designed to engage with the population of England on the future shape of social care, including nursing in the sector, has been launched today. Public consultation launched on future of social care in England appeared first on Nursing Times.