Crisis gripping health service in England is ‘laid bare’ in damning review by Lord Darzi
Wes Streeting tells FT Weekend festival that people ‘are not living well longer’
Care home shortage and a stabilising residential market offer opportunities in rate-sensitive property funds
The UK government needs to look abroad for inspiration
Care home costs have been rising steeply
Jenni Fagan’s searing autobiography recounts her ordeal of being shunted from place to place
The chancellor’s scrapping of social care plans shows how short-term tactics continue to let down the UK
Care Quality Commission’s shortcomings are ‘hampering’ its ability to identify poor performance, says independent review
County Council Network warns of £30bn ‘black hole’ in funding for long-delayed reforms
Lessons from other countries highlight importance of political consensus to fix chronic funding shortfall
Parties ‘need to be honest’ about scale of investment needed to tackle health service crisis in England, warn analysts
Public priorities at odds with government spending programme for community healthcare, data show
The rights of the terminally ill to choose a better death need careful consideration
Report finds 10-year road map to tackle funding and staffing crisis is failing to deliver
Labour leader makes promise to campaigner Esther Rantzen for parliamentary debate in event he wins election
Industry regulator has shut 804 for-profit facilities since 2011, study shows
MAC chair accuses government of ‘do as I say’ attitude over raising salary threshold for skilled overseas recruits
Additional government funding earmarked for social care as town halls face growing threat of insolvency
Demand for care staff is certain to rise, but providers are already failing to fill vacancies
Spending on private ‘out of area’ beds has reached record levels to the detriment of financially stretched trusts and patients
Demands for support rocket as local authorities warn of £4bn budget gap over next two years
Clampdown on visas will not solve workforce crisis in underfunded sector, say unions and employers
NAO says just £729mn from original £1.7bn budget may now be spent between 2022 and 2025
NHS data for August comes as further blow to government’s pledge to cut backlog as industrial action adds to strain
Homes in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which pay higher wages, are less reliant on foreigners
