Lord Darzi has laid bare the scale of the challenges facing the NHS while giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee.
The NHS is spending too much on the ‘most expensive and often underperforming parts of its system’, a former Labour health minister has said.
The Liberal Democrats have called for more funding for social and an exemption from national insurance hikes after revealing six-month waits for care assessments have almost doubled.
The Liberal Democrats have repeated their call for an exemption for health and social care providers from the employers’ national insurance rise in the Autumn Budget.
Thousands of doctors and nurses have called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to scrap the Assisted Dying Bill.
An inquiry has been launched into the cost of Government inaction on adult social care reform.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called on the Government to double the tax on online gambling as a ‘much fairer’ way to fund the NHS and social care.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £22.6bn rise in the day-to-day health budget, representing 4% average real terms growth, and a £3.1bn increase in the capital budget between 2023-24 and 2025-26.
The House of Commons has formally appointed the membership of the Health and Social Care Committee.
Leaders have called on the chancellor to provide urgent action on social care in today’s Autumn Budget.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to ‘take bold steps’ to improve the nation’s health in next week’s Budget.
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