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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/25/society-briefing-ageing-population-welfare-nhs-reform Version 0 of 1. Please note: there will be no Society briefing next week. It will return on Wednesday April 8 Sign up to Society briefing email Live discussion How can we build a better society for older people? Join our debate from noon on Wednesday. The Guardian’s latest ageing population survey revealed an overwhelming 92% of respondents feel society is failing to value and harness older people’s skills, knowledge and experience. Join our expert panel from noon to discuss how can we create a society where people aren’t so worried about getting old, where there’s less stereotyping of older people, more inter-generational contact, and more opportunities to see older people as assets. Post questions now or tweet them to @SocietyGuardian Today’s top SocietyGuardian stories • Labour pledges to end dependency on food banks with welfare reforms • Scottish Labour pledges £175m ‘anti-poverty fund’ • Pensioners mock David Cameron at Age UK conference • Ban fast-food outlets from hospitals, MPs demand• Consuming three alcoholic drinks a day may cause liver cancer – study• Gangs operated openly in Dorset prison, say inspectors • Polly Toynbee: Labour, drop the benefits doublespeak and let’s hear your underdog-whistle• NHS reform: what next for the world’s best health system? All today’s SocietyGuardian stories In today’s SocietyGuardian section • Can family support reduce Northern Ireland’s high infant death rates?• Saba Salman: Learning-disabled people are dying because they receive less good care• Denis Campbell: Where is the political will to save the NHS?• Mary O’Hara: New fronts in US activists’ fight to raise poverty pay• The UK has a lot to learn about gender equality from countries like Rwanda• Innovations that offer independent living to young adults with complex needs• Disabled people shut out of politics by lack of access at polling stations Jobs of the week • Deputy chief inspector, Care Quality Commission• Chief executive officer, APT Action on Poverty• International director, Micah• International senior executive India high growth markets unit, Scottish EnterpriseThe Guardian’s public and voluntary sector careers pageHundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs On the Society Professional Networks • Should the right-to-buy scheme be expanded? • I loved being a midwife but bullying, stress and fear made me resign• The science behind why people give money to charity• The music of mental illness: how a new project aims to challenge stigma• No one identifies as a ‘neet’: why words are so important in public services Pick of the blogs • Kate Belgrave: When exactly did it start being okay to treat people with learning difficulties like trash?• Carwyn Hooper, the Conversation: Call time on soft approach to Big Alcohol• Judy Robinson, New Start: Where are the citizens in devolution plans?• Laurence Brown, Manchester Policy Blogs: Two things we need to say about race that are true• Tazeem Bhatia and Alisha Davies, Nuffield Trust: Can the NHS help tackle the UK’s obesity epidemic?• Rick, Flip Chart Fairy Tales: Austerity - as you were• Robyn Munro, Institute for Government: Rollercoaster or not, arguing over spending cuts is a pointless task Other news • BBC: NHS approach to obesity inexplicable, say MPs• Children & Young People Now: MPs call for national parenting support programme• CivilSociety.co.uk: One in seven charities ‘struggling to survive’, say CAF and Acevo• Community Care: Mental health staffing problems linked to ward suicides• Independent: Iain Duncan Smith refuses to meet with food bank charity about poverty – then meets with investment bankers about it instead• Inside Housing: Landlords threaten legal action over Right to Buy extension• LocalGov.co.uk: Warning that social care will swallow council tax revenue by 2020• Public Finance: RSA puts forward blueprint for city devolution• Telegraph: Migrants who won’t learn English to be stripped of housing benefits under Tories SocietyGuardian blogs Patrick Butler’s cuts blogSarah Boseley’s global health blog SocietyGuardian on social media Follow SocietyGuardian on TwitterFollow Patrick Butler on TwitterFollow Clare Horton on TwitterFollow Alison Benjamin on TwitterSocietyGuardian’s Facebook page SocietyGuardian links SocietyGuardianSocietyGuardian editor: Alison BenjaminEmail the SocietyGuardian editor: society@theguardian.com |