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Exploring variations in access to surgery among older people Access all ages 2 MHP Health was commissioned by the RCS to research and draft the report. MHP Health is an award-winning specialist health ... 4 3 Executive summary 5 4 Recommendations 8 5 Background 9 6 Methodology used to examine treatment rates 14 7 Breast excision 20 8 Colorectal excision 23 9 Cholecystectomy
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Consultation Response The Care Act: consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the cap on care costs and policy proposals for a new appeals system for care and support Ref: 0715 Date: ... associated measures to be introduced in April 2016. These include how Local Authorities will calculate and meter someone’s contribution towards their care costs, the ways people will be able to keep track of
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and working hours. have to carry out this work personally and obey the employer’s lawful instructions. Some rights require a minimum length of continuous employment before you can qualify for them. Your ... ones that your employer has to provide by law. However, if they provide less than the basic legal rights, this is unlawful. A contract doesn’t have to be written for you to have rights – if there is no
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O ption 1 O ption 2 In addition to the services above, the MCA, MHA and SSWB Acts set out statutory rights to advocacy. If they apply, you may also choose from the services below. Advocacy Services in ... under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving assessment or treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent Mental
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Scams information hub March 2016 Wales-wide partnership to protect Welsh public from scams is launched “Scams ruin lives” says Older People’s Commissioner for Wales Final Edition Action Fraud reveals ... recording phone calls and gaining access to victim bank accounts The “Good Citizen Award” scam Website scams Update: Protect Yourself from Bogus Websites Santander useful website In
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likely to have increased when factoring in the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Older Carers in Wales Survey 2022 was created to focus on the general experiences of older carers, asking them to state ... responses from Carmarthenshire, and the least from Newport and Blaenau Gwent. Overall, the survey gives us a picture of the current situation for older unpaid carers across Wales. The survey is part of Age
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Government is serious about extending working lives, it must make sure that everyone who wants to and is capable of working can do so, regardless of age. This includes ensuring that the Work Programme delivers ... which can be used to correct inequalities in the labour market. This means that how the programme operates and its funding can be altered to incentivise contractors, employers and individuals to act differently
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Department for Business Innovation and Skills. It proposes that employers will be able to offer shares in their business to new and existing employees, worth between £2,000 and £50,000, in return for the individual ... be unable to pursue claims of unfair dismissal (except where this is automatically unfair or relates to discrimination law), would be ineligible for the right to request flexible working and to request time
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Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s examination of the Draft Pensions Bill in relation to the single-tier State Pension Ref: 0513 February 2013 ... lifetime earnings due to low pay and caring responsibilities. Reducing pensioner poverty should also be an objective. The level of the single-tier pension needs to be high enough to provide an adequate
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care services ....................................................... 36 3.2 Future funding 2016/17 to 2020/21 ........................................................................... 40 3.3 Healthcare ... ..................... 58 3 Foreword Welcome to this year’s Health and Care of Older People in England briefing from Age UK. The report aims to shine a light on how the system of health and care
