PM warns NHS faces collapse without social care reform

Vulnerable elderly and disabled people requiring social care face system collapse risk, potentially forcing inappropriate NHS admission or care gaps.

A new prime minister has inherited one of Britain's oldest unsolved dilemmas: how to care for its aging and vulnerable without breaking the institutions meant to heal them. Andy Burnham, speaking in his first major interview since taking office, has warned that the NHS faces collapse if social care remains unreformed — a system that has defeated every government before his. He is accelerating an independent review and pledging political will, but has declined to name a date, leaving the country with a diagnosis and, as yet, no prescription.

PM warns NHS faces collapse without social care reform

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