Stop treating social care as political football; here are six tests – Ros Altmann
Ros wrote a Comment article for Yorkshire Post calling for radical social care reform, rather than using the issue as a political football. ( link to pdf )
Coronavirus crisis: Safety alerts from care home staff soar 66%
Daily Express quoted Ros commenting on worrying sharp rise in complaints by care staff about safety in the Covid-19 crisis. Expecting care homes to act like hospitals is unreasonable, forcing them to try to do so without adequate PPE or medical staff is a recipe for disaster.
Is a new tax on the over-40s the solution to Britain’s social care crisis?
The Daily Telegraph discusses rumoured Government plans to launch a new tax for the over 40s to help pay for care and quotes Ros.
Does the social care sector have a champion in Baroness Ros Altmann?
A major Care firm asks whether Ros should be a new champion for the social care industry and commends her work. ( link to pdf )
The treatment of our elderly is a disgrace to a civilised nation: As new visa rules deal hammer blow to the care sector, former pensions minister BARONESS ROS ALTMANN issues a passionate call to arms
Ros wrote a Comment article for the Daily Mail calling for urgent social care reform and highlighting that the treatment of our elderly is a disgrace to a civilised nation. ( link to pdf )
The lesson of the Covid-19 care homes tragedy: renationalising is no longer taboo
Ros wrote a Comment article for the Guardian calling for radical restructuring of social care in general and the care home sector in particular, to provide financial stability. ( link to pdf )
Financial crisis looms for care homes
Ros is quoted in the Daily Telegraph warning that 1000 care homes may go bust as a result of the Covid19 crisis and past underfunding.
Coronavirus deaths: 10th of the residents in care homes struck down
Ros is quoted in a Daily Express article about failings of the UK social care system and the need to urgently reform the way social care homes operate. Neglect of the elderly has been highlighted by the Coronavirus crisis. ( link to pdf )
Crisis in Care Homes
Ros is quoted in the Sunday Express newspaper commenting on the crisis in care homes and the high death toll that Covid-19 has taken on the elderly residents and staff.
The ghosts of the care-home dead will come back to haunt this government
The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee writes a comment piece quoting Ros and suggesting that radical reform of social care is long overdue, with private operators who cannot survive financially being forced to accept takeover by Government. ( link to pdf )