SOCIAL CARE

Streeting promises 10-year plan for social care

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has promised a 10-year plan for social care that will run alongside the one for the NHS.

By Lee Peart | 21 October 2024
Wes Streeting © Liz Wells/Hemming Group

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has promised a 10-year plan for social care that will run alongside the one for the NHS.

Speaking yesterday, Streeting said problems with the NHS could not be solved without social care and welcomed opposition calls to work on a cross-party agreement. 

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Popular articles by Lee Peart

  1. Budget: £22.6bn rise in day-to-day spending for NHS
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  3. IFS: Councils should channel reserves into transformation
  4. Prevention could deliver £11bn return on investment
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