Community services are under growing strain, with more than 1.1 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among ...

The size of the community care waiting list for children has increased by 58% since data began in 2022, compared with a 23% increase for adults, according to a new briefing on growing waits for ...

“There are some positive signs in today’s findings, with the number of social care jobs continuing to increase and vacancies ...

Sarah Scobie responds to the news of a six-month review of the GP funding formula. Responding to a six-month review of the GP funding formula, set to be announced today by Minister of State Stephen ...

The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays ...

Huseyin Naci is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is the Director of the Pharmaceutical Policy Lab.

“The bear trap in today’s announcement is – as is so often the case – the money. This extra £500 million, already announced ...

NHS continuing health care provides funded health and social care support for people with very complex needs outside hospital. Yet our comprehensive new report shows this system is highly inconsistent ...

NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) – a package of free health and social care provided outside of hospital which the NHS pays for – is failing to reach some of the most unwell patients in England in ...

The 10 Year Health Plan for England contains an ambition to shift care closer to home. But it only contains a passing reference to the role of social care in how that will happen, leaving significant ...

Drawing on both your personal and professional background, how would you describe your experience of CHC? My mum is 92 and has advanced dementia. We made an application for her to receive CHC in 2023 ...