A drug to cure or slow dementia would boost healthcare spending “at a stroke”, the head of the NHS has said. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said a
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The Government’s promise of a £20 billion boost for the NHS will put debt on an “unsustainable upward trajectory” without tax rises or spending cuts to pay for it, the
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NHS leaders have written to new Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock urging him to “grasp the social care challenge”. The letter calls for a joint plan that covers
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Ministers have been accused of complacency by MPs in the face of a looming cash crisis for local councils in England. The Commons Public Accounts Committee warned authorities were facing
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A Tory former minister has called on the Government to make social care “free at the point of use”. Mark Prisk told MPs that with health and social care being
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Local services are on the brink of collapse and will be damaged beyond recognition if the Government fails to plug an £8 billion funding gap, council leaders have warned. Chancellor
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The Government has announced a £215 million package of funding for research into transforming the lives of millions of people living with a range of conditions, including life-long illnesses, mental
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Nearly all of England’s council leaders believe there is a major funding crisis in social care and want national taxes ploughed into sorting it out, according to a study. More
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An NHS scheme to drive integration between health and social care has not delivered the transformation of services originally planned, an official report has found. Much of the funding intended
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Ministers are being urged to introduce a new “social care premium” for England, paid by individuals and employers, to meet the spiralling costs of looking after the country’s ageing population.
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