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Associate editor
Richard Gardham is the associate editor of the HFMA. Previously he worked as managing editor of Investment Monitor and headed the production operations of The Banker at the Financial Times. He joined the association in February 2024.
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The provision of free personal care was announced this week as part of the Liberal Democrats’ pledge to end the social care crisis.
With long waiting lists, industrial action and financial challenges, the NHS and social care will be in the spotlight in the run up to the election.
Real-terms health spending in England has risen less quickly than was planned at the 2019 general election, according to the IFS.
A shortage of 1,900 anaesthetists is preventing 1.4 million operations from taking place each year, the Royal College of Anaesthetists has warned.
Health bodies have called for increased investment in the health service after the Labour party highlighted NHS waiting times failures.
The next UK government will need to boost funding for adult social care to expand access to publicly funded services, says the Nuffield Trust.