Alison Holt

@AlisonHoltBBC

@BBCNews Social Affairs Editor. Covering social care, welfare, child protection, disability, how we live our lives. Views my own. Retweets not endorsements

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Joined May 2011

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · May 12

Struggling care providers say international recruitment is propping up the #care system that supports older and disabled people in the community. They describe the crackdown on overseas workers as 'short-sighted.' The govt wants more UK people recruited. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. Many care workers say it is a rewarding job, so the task is how to get more people in the UK to apply.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Mar 24

I've spent the last few months going backwards and forwards to South Yorkshire to take a fascinating look at what the future of the NHS might look like, and where the care system fits into that. It's for @BBCPanorama BBC1 8pm tonight or on @BBCiPlayer bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. Government says more NHS funds in England will go to social care as we look at how it can deliver change.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Oct 30

#Budget24 : the chancellor says there will be a real terms increase in funding for #councils - with £1.3b additional money for essential services. That would include at least £600m for social care. Also £230m for homelessness and rough sleeping.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Jun 30

Important day for many families who lost loved ones during the pandemic with the start of the next phase of the #covid inquiry. It will examine why so many died in care homes and has been a day of emotional testimony and opening arguments. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their loved ones died.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Jun 18

Powerful report from @AlisonHoltBBC and @jamesmelley

BBBC News (UK)@BBCNews · Jun 18

Under-fire NHS trust recorded patient ate breakfast three days after he died bbc.in/3I3b4Ll

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Jun 19

Under fire NHS trust records patient ate breakfast three days after he died. @jamesmelley #mentalhealth bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. The mental health trust where Alice Figueiredo took her own life faced concerns over 20 other deaths.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Jun 10

"We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth" - the powerful story of a family's long quest to expose failures in the care of their daughter, after her death on a mental health unit. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. A NHS trust and hospital manager have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo.

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Adam Eley@Eley90 · Apr 28

'The Truth about Baby Food Pouches' For Panorama, Catrin Nye, @oliverengles and I report on how some baby food in plastic pouches is worryingly low in essential vitamins and minerals, while others contain more sugar than the NHS recommends for infants bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

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BBC Panorama@BBCPanorama · Mar 24

Fixing the NHS: What Will It Take? On @BBCiPlayer now and @BBCOne at 8pm in England and 10.40pm in Northern Ireland bbc.in/4hASVAM

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Adam Eley@Eley90 · Feb 8

For 18 months, Jessie was stuck in a hospital bed. She says she was desperate to leave, but finding her a suitable care home was difficult @AlisonHoltBBC and I followed her story, as her NHS trust took High Court action against her to have her evicted bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Jan 3

Plans for future funding of adult social care unlikely to be ready before 2028, according to government. It's announcing a Commission to be led by Baroness Louise Casey to build consensus around ideas for the future. #socialcare bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. The first steps to creating a National Care Service are announced - but critics say the pace of the plan "feels far too long".

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Dec 17

There was a remarkable bond between Alex & her late son Declan - it was wonderful to see them together. They had to fight to get the help Dec needed even in his last months. Now Alex is finishing his bucket list, & trying to bring about change @Eley90 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. Alex Spencer has been fulfilling her son Declan's wishes since he died aged 24 last year.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Dec 11

The learning disability charity @mencap_charity is warning it may have to stop running at least 60 of its services as a result of increased national insurance costs. One of growing number of care organisations warning of the financial pressures. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. The charity is one of a number of care organisations warning they will have to axe vital services.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Nov 18

'Exploitative' profits by large children's home companies to be curbed. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.

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lucy manning@lucymanning · Nov 16

So I’ve never written a story about myself. But I broke the rule to show how, despite warm words about change, police still fail women reporting sexually motivated crimes. Here’s my story of the 2 yr battle to get my offender convicted. TLDR: Don’t give up bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Nov 16

Social care: Talks within government "have so far failed to decide even whether to hold another review of the system" - the behind-closed-doors tussles in Westminster from @bbclaurak bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. Multiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Nov 16

Why big institutions still fail to protect children: a look at the culture changes needed to ensure children are listened to. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. More are willing to speak up about abuse but some organisations remain slow to react

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James Melley@jamesmelley · Nov 5

I'm in court for the second day of the trial over the death of Alice Figueiredo at Goodmayes Hospital in east London. It is only the second time a corporate manslaughter charge has been brought against an NHS Trust

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Oct 31

Lots of concern being voiced by care home and home care companies about the impact of employer tax rises on their survival. #Budget24 #socialcare bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

AlisonHoltBBC's tweet card. Social care providers say the sector is in "unprecedented danger" without more funding.

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Alison Holt@AlisonHoltBBC · Oct 30

Budget 24: @RachelReevesMP says weekly earnings limit for Carer's Allowance will be increased - allowing #carers to earn up to £10,000 a year without losing the allowance. Says will also look at the cliff edge which means people lose all the allowance when pass earnings limit.

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