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Proposals for long-term social care funding and reform expected by 2028

Proposals for the long-term funding and major reform of social care in England may not be delivered until 2028, the Government has confirmed. It comes as ministers announced the first steps to creating a National Care Service, with an independent ...

03 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Use of NHS app will ‘free up phone line’ for elderly lacking tech skills

Increased use of the NHS app will “free up the phone line” for older people who lack digital skills, Wes Streeting has said. The Health Secretary was quizzed by Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan who raised the issue that elderly ...

06 Jan 2025 at 17:38

Scotland

Scottish Government scraps plan for National Care Service

The Scottish Government has dropped proposals for a National Care Service. Social care minister Maree Todd told MSPs on Thursday the plan to create a central national care board in Scotland will no longer go ahead after the proposals ...

23 Jan 2025 at 19:49

Scotland

Failure to rename National Care Service Bill would be ‘simply wrong’ – Lib Dems

Failing to change the name of the Scottish Government’s National Care Service Bill after a key part was scrapped would be “simply wrong”, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. Party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton will speak to his ...

25 Feb 2025 at 00:01

MPs warn social care reforms ‘doomed to fail’ without ‘robust financial case’

Recommendations from a newly launched commission into social care will be “doomed to failure” unless the true cost of inaction in the sector is set out, MPs have warned. The Health and Social Care Committee said there needs to ...

05 May 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

National Care Service objectives have not changed, says Swinney

John Swinney says the objectives of the National Care Service (NCS) have not changed, despite the Government no longer taking a “statutory approach” to reforming social care. Last week, ministers dropped the first part of ...

27 Jan 2025 at 14:21

People should be protected from catastrophic costs of upfront care – Streeting

People should be “protected from the catastrophic costs of upfront care” that see them forced to sell their homes, Wes Streeting has suggested. The Health Secretary was speaking as he announced the first steps towards ...

03 Jan 2025 at 12:30

You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care, Streeting warned

MPs have warned the Health Secretary that “you can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care” following the launch of the Government’s 10-year health plan. Social care was described as a “very significant question” ...

03 Jul 2025 at 13:28

Baroness Casey ‘keen to crack on’ after first cross-party social care talks

The leader of a commission into the future of social care in England is keen to “crack on” with improvements in the sector, one of those who attended the first cross-party meeting into its work said. Conservative ...

08 Sept 2025 at 18:54

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