Health Foundation says government must spend up to £86.4bn more on services to maintain standardsThe NHS and social care services in England will need more than 1.1 million extra staff over the next decade to keep up with growing demand, research sugg…
National insurance hike to hit NHS and care staff with £900m tax bill
Exclusive: Tax rise will inflict ‘terrible’ financial toll on health and social care workers, analysis findsBoris Johnson’s national insurance hike to fund health and social care will hit NHS and care workers with a £900m tax bill, the Guardian can rev…
Britain’s public sector is paying the price for the government’s consultancy habit | Rosie Collington and Mariana Mazzucato
The pandemic has shown relying on these private companies to deliver core services simply doesn’t workWhen he was leader of the opposition, David Cameron did not mince his criticism of the Labour government’s dependency on consultancy companies. Speaki…
Health ‘levelling up’ will flop if cuts are not reversed, Javid told
Exclusive: Ministers must restore public health funding after decade of cuts, world expert Michael Marmot to saySajid Javid’s vow to “level up health” will fail unless the government reverses a decade of cuts to public health, one of the world’s leadin…
Private hospitals profit from NHS waiting lists as people without insurance pay out
As NHS waiting lists reach record levels, more and more patients are paying for ops out of their own pocketsBritons without health insurance on why they paid to go privateWhen Fabien needed to have a decayed tooth removed in May, his dentist told him t…
Covid teams can vaccinate pupils against parents’ wishes, schools told
Guidelines say health staff can decide whether children receive jab without parental consent, as headteachers fear protestsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealthcare staff can decide whether children get a Covid vaccine agai…
UK medicines regulator approves Covid vaccines for use as booster shots
MHRA says third jab of Pfizer or AstraZeneca would be safe as JCVI meets to decide on booster programmeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK’s medicines regulator has granted emergency approval for the Pfizer and AstraZenec…
Unvaccinated health and care workers in England could be redeployed
Remarks by UK care minister come amid consultation on mandatory vaccines for frontline health staffCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth and care sector workers in England who decline to be fully vaccinated could be moved t…
What has Boris Johnson announced in his social care plan?
The PM has revealed the first outlines of a shake-up also intended to help the NHS recover from CovidPolitics live: Boris Johnson confirms rise in national insuranceBoris Johnson has given the first outlines of what Downing Street is billing as a once-…
What has gone wrong with social care in England?
Boris Johnson is not the first to try to fix the problems that have made care costs unaffordable for manyWhether it is help with washing and dressing at home or long-term nursing support, most social care in England has never been automatically free at…