We've changed email address. Please add us to your safe sender list. Having trouble viewing this email? Society briefing: Damning review stalls NHS policy Better Care Fund, election countdown, living with cancer discussion Clare Horton theguardian.com, Wednesday 7 May 2014 07.06 EDT The Better Care Fund was meant to reduce the growing pressures on hospitals and keep people healthier in their own homes. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Sign up to Society briefing email Today's top SocietyGuardian stories • £3.8bn NHS Better Care Fund policy delayed after damning Whitehall review • GPs to vote on charging patients for appointments • Simon Jenkins: Small is beautiful. The NHS needs to be broken up • Live discussion: The emotional and psychological impact of cancer • Civil servants fear government may seize up in runup to election • Ed Miliband promises crackdown on 'ghost homes' hoarded by investors • Female genital mutilation parties being held in UK, MPs told • Governors defend use of open prisons in light of Michael Wheatley case • Readers' panel: experiences of books in prison • Zoe Williams: Zero-hours jobseekers? Britain's given up on employee rights All today's SocietyGuardian stories In today's SocietyGuardian section • John Bruer: 'Growing up in poverty doesn't damage your brain irretrievably • Policymakers seduced by neuroscience to justify early intervention agenda • Clare Allan: Workplace depression is a companion of social and financial inequality • Su Sayer: We have one year to help marginalised groups to vote in the general election • Alison Benjamin: Why Labour needs a bolder vision • David Brindle: Why pay rises don't top social workers' wish list • The key to freeing young men from the grip of crime • Filmmaker Roger Graef puts social justice in focus Jobs of the week • Chief executive, Living Streets • Chief service officer for Cities of Service volunteering programme, Bristol city council • Programme director proactive care, Lincolnshire West clinical commissioning group • Chief operating officer, Fauna & Flora International The Guardian's public and voluntary sector careers page Hundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs On the Society Professional Networks • Housing shortage leaves people stuck in homeless hostels for months • One year until General Election 2015: what charity leaders want • Healthcare commentator Roy Lilley on why NHS managers should encourage whistleblowers • Three years on from the Winterbourne View scandal, the effect on residents has been huge – but a specialist helpline offers support for them and their families. Saba Salman reports • Why Manchester could benefit from Scottish independence • Five simple ways councils can use infographics Pick of the blogs • Manchester Policy Blogs: Polling Observatory General Election Forecast #1 - Parties set for a photo finish • Chris Ham, the King's Fund: The NHS was not a major issue during the 2010 election, so what should we expect in 2015? • Akash Paun, Institute for Government: One Service, Two Guv'nors - How Whitehall serves the Coalition in the final year • John Tizard, New Start: Social capital matters • Charlotte Walker, purplepersuasion: Look down - the benefits of online friendships • Julienne Meyer, the Conversation: Care workers need support instead of being scapegoated • Elizabeth Atkin, Government Technology Blog: You've got two hours to fix government IT Other news • BBC: Carer recruits 'must speak English' • Children & Young People Now: Charity urges expansion of mental health support for young people • Community Care: Rise in mental health patients sent out-of-area for beds as NHS hit by surge in demand • Inside Housing: Call for review of asylum system as errors leave many refugees homeless • LocalGov.co.uk: Councils more reliant on 'white collar' temps, figures show • Public Finance: MPs make call for joined-up road and rail planning • Telegraph: More than 50,000 Britons quit work for relatives with dementia • Third Sector: Record number of philanthropists gave £1m-plus last year SocietyGuardian blogs Patrick Butler's cuts blog Sarah Boseley's global health blog SocietyGuardian on social media Follow SocietyGuardian on Twitter Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Follow Clare Horton on Twitter Follow Alison Benjamin on Twitter SocietyGuardian's Facebook page SocietyGuardian links SocietyGuardian.co.uk The Guardian's public and voluntary sector careers page Hundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs SocietyGuardian editor: Alison Benjamin Email the SocietyGuardian editor: society@guardian.co.uk Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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