HEALTH

Burnham proposes home care army for the NHS

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to create a home care army of more than 5,000 workers within the NHS to help tackle the growing social care crisis.

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to create a home care army of more than 5,000 workers within the NHS to help tackle the growing social care crisis.

In a speech to the King's Fund today (27 January), Mr Burnham will outline Labour's plans to reform the NHS, including integrating services ‘from home to hospital'.

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