Forbes September 16, 2021
Gus Alexiou

With the inexorable and rapid growth of an aging population, the crisis in social care is something that’s never too far away from the headlines.

Last week saw U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a 1.25% hike in National Insurance to help fix the nation’s broken social care system, which was later endorsed in Parliament by a vote of 319 to 248.

The tragic loss of 42,341 lives in the nation’s care homes due to Covid-19 during the first 12 months of the pandemic has also made social care more of a political football than ever in recent times

All too often, lost amidst the media din are the very personal and sometimes painful decisions both caregivers and those...

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