‘Immense drop-off’ in support contributing to care leaver deaths in England, review says
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Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report- The Guardian World23:01first to report
Death rate three to four times higher than among general population blamed on isolation of those leaving care ‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18 Profound isolation contributed to the deaths of more than 100 care leavers in England in a year, with a dramatic drop-off in support from social services at 18 leading to catastrophic consequences, a review has found. A government-commissioned report into the early deaths of young people who left...
Tue, 25 August 2026
1 report- morningstaronline.co.uk17:00
YOUNG adults leaving care in England face a death rate four times higher than the general population, a government-commissioned review found today.The loss of “significant levers of support” for people leaving care when they turn 18 often means they are suddenly left “with no safety net and with catastrophic consequences,” the report said.
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- communitycare.co.uk15:00
Review into deaths of care leavers finds 'huge variation' in practice of personal advisers
Thu, 27 August 2026
1 report- The Guardian World09:00
Report shines light on ‘catastrophic situation’ where young people make themselves more ill to avoid losing support Some of the most vulnerable children and young people in care are deliberately self-harming to avoid being abandoned when they get better or turn 18 and face a “cliff edge” of no further support, according to research. Abi Booth, a psychotherapist who works with children and young people, said some were in a “catastrophic situation” in which they were hurting themselves to keep...
Fri, 28 August 2026
1 report- ibtimes.co.uk06:52
Vulnerable children in England's care system may self-harm to avoid losing support, as councils pay private providers up to £20,000 a week.
Tue, 1 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World13:00
Campaigners say some care boards in England flouting their legal duty, resulting in ‘cruel’ postcode lottery Seriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many parts of England is flouting its legal duty to provide the care needed to make that happen, critics say. The widespread failure to provide at-home end-of-life care is forcing children who want to die at home to instead do so in hospital. Campaigners have described it as “cruel”. Continue reading...
Wed, 2 September 2026
1 report- thenews.com.pk14:50
A new analysis by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health reveals that over 75,000 children and young people aged 6 to 17 attended A&E departments in England for mental health...
Tue, 8 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World09:00
Exclusive: Booming industry of businesses profit from shortage of beds for most at-risk children Princess’s story: the case that highlights scourge of illegal care provision Councils are paying more than £125m a year of taxpayers’ money to place vulnerable children in illegal care homes across England, an investigation has found. The Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) have uncovered a booming industry of businesses profiting from a shortage of beds for the most at-risk...
Wed, 9 September 2026
1 report- bbc.co.uk21:53
The health of children in Wales is shocking and outcomes for young people are worsening, doctors say.
Tue, 15 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World23:01
More than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK says About 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers, as they try to balance their vulnerable relatives’ growing care needs with declining access to state-funded social care services. Research estimates that more than a million people have left the workplace to look after ageing, ill and disabled loved ones in the past two years, highlighting the social challenges caused...
Mon, 21 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World23:01
Changes could save £33bn and result in average of four extra years of good health for people, report says The NHS in England could prevent 20,000 deaths and save £33bn a year by cutting red tape and boosting productivity, a report says. Research by the Health Foundation found the health service has been held back for decades by excessive regulation, short-term planning and insufficient capability to deliver major change. Continue reading...
Wed, 23 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World08:00
NHS England initiative to reduce cut-off period to three months ‘disproportionately affecting’ most deprived areas An NHS policy to remove “ghost patients” from GP lists is inadvertently leaving some of the poorest people in England without vital healthcare, analysis has found. Under previous NHS rules, inactive patients at risk of being removed from their GP practice were given six months to respond to outreach. But under NHS England’s accelerated list validation timeline, introduced last...
Sun, 27 September 2026
1 report- Anadolu Agency (AA)17:07
Proposed overhaul would replace England’s means-tested system with a model based on NHS principles
Wed, 30 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World07:00
Councils collectively spent record 71.9% of core spending on adult and children’s care last year, analysis shows Sixteen English councils spent more than 80% of their core funding on adult and children’s social care last year, highlighting the growing financial pressure on other local services. Guardian analysis of government figures found that councils responsible for social care spent a net £42.8bn on adult and children’s services in 2025-26, equivalent to a record 71.9% of their combined...
Wed, 7 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World21:00
Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic Labour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis has found. The Institute for Government (IfG) thinktank says the government’s plans to largely replace education, health and care plans (EHCPs) in England with more widespread support in...
Fri, 9 October 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia01:30
Severe disability can bring years of caregiving needs and difficult decisions. Planning ahead can help families prepare for the financial and practical demands of long-term care.
Sun, 11 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World23:01
In first half of this year 1,600 tags also had no signal for over two weeks, highlighting scale of probation crisis More than 5,000 offenders went unmonitored in the first half of the year because probation staff failed to install electronic tags, while 1,600 tags had no signal for more than two weeks due to faults, a report has found. The Institute for Government (IfG) has revealed the full scale of the crisis in the probation system in England and Wales, concluding that “rationing probation...
Mon, 12 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World23:01
Surge in EHCP applications poses risk to public finances and may lead to deteriorating levels of support Councils are warning of potentially “catastrophic” debts, which are forecast to reach a record £10bn over the next 18 months, as a result of rapid growth in demand for special educational needs and disability (Send) support in English schools. Although the government recently cleared more than £5bn in historic council Send debts, a surge in requests has led to authorities predicting they...
Tue, 13 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World23:01
New recruitment campaign to target adults in their 30s and 40s in bid to create 10,000 new foster care places Viennetta Basterfield, 67, spent two decades fostering more than 100 children in her west London home before she and her husband handed in the reins during Covid. Her own mother had died when she was nine and she was brought up by another woman who took her in. There was no doubt in her mind that she wanted to dedicate her life to passing that gift on to others. Continue reading...
Sat, 17 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World07:00
Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisis Employers in England are to be forced to pay more to train an older worker than a youth apprentice under plans being drawn up by the government to tackle the youth jobs crisis. The Guardian understands ministers plan to overhaul Labour’s apprenticeship funding scheme to increase the cost of training by 25% for a worker over the age of 25 in order to encourage businesses to train young people...
Sun, 18 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World12:00
Exclusive: rules on same-sex wards could lead to delays in care, discrimination and animosity between groups, finds internal assessment Trans people could face delays and a greater risk of “corridor care” under new NHS England guidance that means they will no longer be able to use same-sex wards, according to an internal report. An NHS England impact assessment, seen by the Guardian, stated that trans people may also potentially experience discrimination and this could lead to them “avoiding...
Mon, 19 October 2026
4 reports- bbc.co.uk04:37
Dame Rachel De Souza's landmark report says children are being failed by a "postcode lottery".
- bbc.co.uk05:00
The NHS Alliance said "difficult decisions" lie ahead and some maternity services may have to be consolidated.
- The Guardian World05:00
Exclusive: NHS Alliance’s acute care director says centralisation of services ‘inevitable’ to ensure safe care Why are some NHS maternity units facing closure? Up to 20 maternity units in England will have to shut to ensure mothers and babies receive safe care amid shortages of doctors and rising caesarean section rates, an NHS leader has warned. Matthew Hopkins, the NHS Alliance’s director for acute care, said centralising childbirth services into fewer hospitals was “inevitable” and the...
- The Guardian World12:11
Rachel de Souza names Middlesbrough and Hounslow among hardest places in which to grow up and says some children are being ‘radically failed’ Services for children in parts of England are in a “state of emergency”, according to a report that identifies what it claims to be the hardest places in the country for young people to grow up in. The children’s commissioner, Rachel de Souza, said in some local authorities individual service failures or systemic problems meant “no child could reasonably...
Tue, 20 October 2026
2 reports- The Guardian World05:00
Rise in economic hardship and changes in attitudes towards migration could explain drop in support, experts say Public support for the NHS’s founding principles – that it is free to use, available to everyone and tax-funded – has fallen over the last five years, research has shown. Backing for all three pillars dropped between 2021 and 2025 across the UK population, except for a small rise in millennials’ support for the NHS being funded from taxation. Continue reading...
- The Guardian World11:00
Inquiry chair says failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital was ‘significant oversight’ • UK politics live – latest updates The care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, a public inquiry has found. Heather Hallett, who is leading the Covid-19 inquiry, said it was a “significant omission” that the government did not advise that patients...
Wed, 21 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World14:46edited after publishing
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Burnham backs mandatory suicide prevention training for social workers after Matilda Davis’s deathFormer art teacher, who cared for her disabled son, ‘received almost no support’, said her local MP Manuela Perteghella Andy Burnham has backed mandatory suicide prevention training for social workers after the “devastating” death of Matilda Davis, a parent-carer who killed herself minutes after meeting professionals. The Guardian revealed in August how the “absolutely inspirational” 36-year-old had taken her life after feeling “completely exhausted” and failed by England’s social care system....
Thu, 22 October 2026
2 reports- theguardian.com15:26
Letter: Emma Sainsbury questions whether government policy takes sufficient account of people whose caring responsibilities shape their finances and ability to keep a home
- The Guardian World23:01
CQC research finds long delays are making conditions harder to treat and highlights regional disparities in care Thousands of children in England are experiencing some of the sharpest rises in waiting times for healthcare in the history of the NHS, a report has revealed. While some adult waiting times have improved, children and young people are being “hit hardest” amid soaring demand and falling numbers of staff, according to the annual state of care report by the Care Quality Commission....
Sun, 25 October 2026
2 reports- Bloomberg Politics07:00
In Britain, the government ensures that more than 650,000 vulnerable people receive daily visits from carers who help them wash, eat and attend to any medical conditions. That same government’s crackdown on immigration is putting the sector at risk.
- The Guardian World09:00
Teesside town has come out worst in children’s commissioner’s report, but residents say such rankings are demoralising and counterproductive “It’s disappointing, it’s just another kicking,” said a youth worker after the town in which they work was labelled as the hardest place in which to be a child in England. “It suggests our children are living unhappy lives,” said a teacher, who described her pupils as joyful. Continue reading...
Mon, 26 October 2026
3 reports- johnogroat-journal.co.uk05:30
The council’s social work teams have fallen behind on legal duties to review guardianship orders, a report warns.
- The Guardian World06:00
Exclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understands Britain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older workers risks damaging its goal to tackle the youth jobs crisis. The Guardian understands ministers plan to overhaul Labour’s apprenticeship funding scheme to increase the cost of training a worker over the age of 25 in England by 25%, to encourage firms to train young...
- jerseyeveningpost.com16:29
JERSEY’S care watchdog has warned that an unexpected £84,000 funding cut could force it to reduce inspections and other regulatory work as its responsibilities expand to include assisted dying, hospitals, ambulance and mental-health services. The Jersey Care Commission said it could not guarantee that the proposed annual reduction could be absorbed without affecting independent oversight, […]