The government has set out its priorities to improve winter resilience in local health and care systems in England.
The King's Fund has analysed who is likely to be an unpaid carer, how often care is provided, who people care for and how the care is funded.
Health and social care services will be the worst affected by Scottish government budget cuts for the current year.
A majority of the British public believes that the NHS often wastes money, according to a perceptions survey conducted by the Health Foundation and Ipsos.
The Labour party has promised a ‘deep reform’ for social care in England, and can look to examples in other countries to guide this change, according to the Nuffield Trust.
There will be no reform of social care, the New Hospital Programme has been paused, but pay rises for junior doctors and NHS staff were announced.
The New Hospitals Programme and social care reform have been paused, chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves announced this week.
The government must tackle ‘illegal’ low pay in the adult social work sector, according to a survey by the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation.
Two reports have set out the issues faced by the social care sector when it comes to recruitment, retention and staff pay.
Almost three-quarters of councils in England overspent on their adult social care budgets in 2023/24 financial year, according to an ADASS survey.