“This report lays bare the extent of the huge pressures facing almost every part of the health and care system. In particular, it reveals what an uphill struggle the government’s planned shift from ...

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% ...

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

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 results of the British Social Attitudes survey for 2024, published in April, revealed a further collapse in the public’s satisfaction levels with the NHS, with just one in five (21%) satisfied ...

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 ...