Healthcare Policy

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Sep 23, 2025 • via BBC News

The Luxury Care Home Where Elderly Residents Sat in Their Own Urine for Hours

When £1,800 a Week Buys You Neglect: Inside Scotland's Most Complained-About Care Home

Private equity firm Morar Living expects £90 million in profits over five years while dementia patients scream for help in corridors smeared with excrement. This is the reality of elderly care in modern Britain.

Jun 21, 2025 • via The Guardian

The Assisted Dying Vote: A Case Study in How Britain Really Makes Policy

Parliament Legislates for Death While Healthcare Crumbles

On a Friday afternoon in Westminster, 605 MPs decided the state should help terminally ill citizens die. What they didn't decide—because they couldn't—was how, when, or who would pay for it. This gap between legislative ambition and implementation reality reveals everything about how modern Britain actually functions.