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04/12/2019 Mark Dayan Billy PalmerBoth Labour and the Conservatives have recognised the vital importance in this election of solving the staffing crisis that threatens the NHS and social care. But policies to end the current system of free movement from Europe after Brexit could cause a major slowdown in migration towards vital jobs...
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04/12/2019New figures reveal the true effect immigration has had on the expansion of the health and care workforce over the last 20 years.
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28/11/2019 Natasha Curry Nina Hemmings Camille Oung Eilís KeebleSocial care in England is at a crossroads. All three major political parties in the 2019 general election have recognised in their manifestos that the social care system is in need of change. So what needs to be done?
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28/11/2019New analysis by the Nuffield Trust reveals that up to 90,000 home care workers for the over 65s are needed immediately if the main parties' manifesto pledges to expand and reform social care are to be met.
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27/11/2019 John ApplebyHow do the individual parties spending promises stack up to one another? And is austerity really over for the NHS?
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25/11/2019 Helen BuckinghamFollowing an announcement in the media last week that the government has found a solution to the problem of doctors taking a dramatic financial hit through pensions tax for undertaking overtime shifts, Helen Buckingham explains the situation as it stands on the tax 'trap' debate.
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24/11/2019Nigel Edwards responds to the health and social care announcements in the Conservatives' 2019 manifesto.
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20/11/2019Funding and reform welcome, but new tax proposal raises big questions.
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14/11/2019Responding to today’s NHS performance statistics from NHS England, Prof John Appleby warns that the next Government will immediately be faced with one of the bleakest winters in the NHS’s history.
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12/11/2019New money announced by Labour would mean the NHS could breathe a sigh of relief, but tough decisions will still have to be made.