health and social care Articles

The NHS cannot afford to ignore social care any longer – but adding the phrase to Jeremy Hunt's job title is not a solution, writes Joanne Harding This is not just about ‘winter pressures’ – there is no such thing any longer. This time, the crisis in the health...

We must take real action to save our health service, writes Catriona Ogilvy   New Year, old headlines: 'NHS in winter crisis'. Long waits, cancelled operations, queueing ambulances, and patients on trolleys. These stories have become the norm for the winter months,...

The social care precept is not the long term solution to bridging funding gaps in social care, writes leader of Bury council Rishi Shori The current system of funding for social care in England is broken. There is nothing particularly surprising in that statement. A...

Back in January, I dedicated my first Westminster Hall debate to the subject of the future of care homes in England. At that time their prospects looked precarious, with an even growing funding gap and the effects of the increase in the minimum wage expected to hit...