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Elderly pay higher care home bills so others can go free - The Sunday Telegraph 31st October 2009
"Elderly people are being charged thousands of pounds extra for their residential care in order to subsidise others getting free places, care home owners have admitted. "
Tories pledge help for care home costs - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"Elderly people will be spared the ordeal of selling their homes to pay for residential care in their final years, under new plans unveiled by the Conservatives. "
Elderly could be forced out of their homes under Tory policies, experts warn - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"The elderly could be forced into residential care as an unintended consequence of a new Conservative policy, experts have warned. "
Elderly won't have to sell their homes to fund care... if they make one-off payment of £8,000, say Tories - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"The Tories say they will prevent the elderly ever having to sell their homes to pay for long-term residential care.
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne revealed that pensioners will be invited to pay an £8,000 lump sum when they reach 65. "
Tories launch care home guarantee - BBC Health News 2nd October 2009
"A "home protection scheme" to prevent older people having to sell their properties to fund long-term care has been unveiled by the Conservatives.
In England, residential care costs must be met by the individual if they have assets of more than £23,000. "
U-turn over cancer patient costs - BBC Health News 29th September 2009
"A cancer patient says he is relieved after an assembly government U-turn to pay for the costs of travelling for specialist treatment in Switzerland.
Lloyd Evans, 27, faced a bill of up to £7,000 in costs while undergoing proton beam treatment for a rare type of spinal bone cancer. "
High cost of new Blackburn health centre - Lancashire Telegraph 28th September 2009
A NEW health centre due to be built for £21million will cost taxpayers more than £50million, it has emerged.
Health bosses last month secured private finance for the facility, in Alma Street, off Barbara Castle Way, Blackburn, with a deal to lease the building back.
Minimum pricing will cost moderate drinkers £11 a year - The Times 29th September 2009
A minimum price system for the sale of alcohol in Scotland would see heavy drinkers pay an extra £137 a year but moderate drinkers would only have to find a further £11 a year, a major study published yesterday has found.
Alcohol minimum price would save Scotland £950 million, claim academics - Daily Telegraph 28th September 2009
Charging a minimum price for alcohol could save Scotland £950 million over the next decade by reducing crime, absenteeism and the burden on the NHS, researchers have concluded.
Alcohol pricing could save £950m - BBC Health News 28th September 2009
Charging a minimum price for alcohol could save Scotland £950m over 10 years by reducing the harmful effects of drinking, researchers say.
The Scottish government has published research which indicates the measure would reduce hospital admissions and deaths by 3,600 a year.
Report backs minimum drink prices - BBC Health News 26th September 2009
Scottish government plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol have won the backing of an academic report.
Researchers at Sheffield University suggest a price as low as 40p per unit could save hundreds of lives per year, cut crime and improve quality of life.
Fertility clinics told to be more transparent over costs - The Times 8th July 2009
Fertility clinics have been told to be more transparent over treatment costs.
All clinics licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have been issued with a new code of practice that requires them to give each patient a costed treatment plan from the outset.
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