So, we are now moving more deeply into the age of austerity. There is no doubt that the next 10 years will see challenging times in the NHS, starting with the “cost improvement challenge” that the recession has left us with.
You may have already noticed that even with well costed, logical plans for service improvement, financial barriers are being put in the way.
Despite the rhetoric about quality, dignity, equality and so on, the talk on the shop floor is all about reducing admissions and reducing length of stay.






Age Concern (including Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age Northern Ireland), and Help the Aged have joined forces to form 
In April 2010, the NHS Confederation (the only independent membership body for organisations within the NHS representing 95 per cent of NHS organisations) released an important report analysing the dementia care.