Dementia care shame as crisis-hit system can’t protect elderly patients

Tens of thousands of dementia sufferers are being rushed to hospital every year because of shocking failings in England’s social care system. Emergency admissions of people with dementia soared by 27 per cent over four years because inadequate social care leaves them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration. An investigation launched by the Alzheimer’s Society to … Read more

Dementia care shame as crisis-hit system can’t protect elderly patients

Tens of thousands of dementia sufferers are being rushed to hospital every year because of shocking failings in England’s social care system. Emergency admissions of people with dementia soared by 27 per cent over four years because inadequate social care leaves them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration. An investigation launched by the Alzheimer’s Society to … Read more

Doctors call on the US to send its stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines to crisis-hit India NOW

Global health experts are calling on the U.S. government to send its stockpile of AstraZeneca-University of Oxford coronavirus vaccines to India immediately as health officials say they don’t anticipate using any of the doses. During a news briefing on Tuesday, Andy Slavitt, the White House senior COVID-19 advisor, addressed a report stating that the country … Read more

TALK OF THE TOWN: Crisis-hit Eton drafts top City PR firm to help rebuild its image

It’s been the year from hell for Eton – the school that famously hates attention – and now I can reveal things have got so bad they have drafted in a top City PR firm to rebuild its image. Brunswick Group – famous for high-profile crisis management and eye-watering prices – has been appointed to … Read more

Host of bosses at crisis-hit firms quietly hike pay

Bosses took pay cut to get firms through Covid crisis, but they’re already on full salaries again…even at firms facing enormous losses like easyJet By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 October 2020 A host of bosses at crisis-hit airlines, hotels and retailers have … Read more

Great British sell-off: Crisis-hit firms forced to slim down

Two of Britain’s best-known companies unveil plans to shake up their businesses in bumper sell-off By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 24 July 2020 Two of Britain’s best-known companies have unveiled plans to shake up their businesses in a bumper sell-off.  Centrica, the owner … Read more