News alert / Right care, right person: call for funding clarity
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee has called on the Department of Health and Social Care to clarify funding arrangements for the roll-out of the right care, right person strategy, which changes the way emergency services respond to mental health calls and means police will not automatically be the first responders. With police forces proceeding with implementation and not all health systems ready, the committee said it was unclear where the estimated £260m funding would come from.
Related content
The penultimate week of the general election campaign started with a brutal pulling apart of the various parties’ published manifestos.
The next UK government will face a choice between raising taxes, cutting spending or increasing borrowing, the IFS said this week.