The Conservative party has committed to increasing NHS spending above inflation every year in its pitch for re-election next month.
The NHS has become used to being front and centre in election battlegrounds over the years. But social care is less accustomed to the limelight.
Promises to move care away from hospitals and into the community have not been matched by changes in funding for the different sectors.
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee has called on the government to ‘urgently reform’ the funding framework for community pharmacy.
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.
Real-terms health spending in England has risen less quickly than was planned at the 2019 general election, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Guidance for the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund for 2024/25 has been released.
NHS bodies have until 1 May to submit applications for funding as part of phase five of the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund.
Hospice leaders have called for a new palliative care funding model that includes more government funding to support their core costs.