NHS 'will collapse' without social care reform, PM tells BBC

Andy Burnham To Invite Main Opposition Parties To Help Labour 'Problem-Solve' Social Care Crisis

Ed Davey, Andy Burnham, Kemi BadenochAndy Burnham has invited the main opposition parties to help him address the growing crisis with the UK’s social care sector.It comes after the prime minister pledged to find common ground across the political spectrum during his campaign to be Labour leader.He has also promised to take action on the declining social care system since getting the keys to No.10 on July 20.While visiting a care home on Wednesda…

Andy Burnham set for crunch cross-party talks to end Britain's care crisis – but snubs Nigel Farage

Andy Burnham is set to invite two leaders for cross-party talks about ending Britain’s social care crisis, but Reform UK’s Nigel Farage will be snubbed.The new Prime Minister wants to find common ground across party lines to “draw a line under decades of decline”.Despite Reform UK’s dominant polling display over the past year, they will not be a part of the discussion.The invitation has been extended only to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and…

'People can't wait': Andy Burnham told to act on social care within weeks not years

Mike Padgham, chair of North Yorkshire’s Independent Care Group, who runs Saint Cecilia’s Care Home, in Scarborough, said that “people can’t wait any longer to get a better deal on care”.

Burnham ‘right’ to focus on social care link to NHS fortunes

Health unions and think tanks have welcomed a pledge by prime minister Andy Burnham to bring “substantial change” to the social care system.

Burnham Speeds Up Casey Commission After Warning Social Care Failures Could 'Collapse' the NHS

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the NHS will collapse unless social care is reformed, in his first major broadcast interview since taking office. He told the BBC he is accelerating an independent commission tasked with fixing the system, though he could not confirm when changes would arrive. Burnham said the health service would collapse under the weight of trying to care for people who have really not needed to end up in the NHS system if …

National care system could be on cards as Burnham warns NHS faces collapse

The Prime Minister said the health service would not be able to meet basic standards until the social care system was properly addressed.