PM Announces National Care Service to Help ‘Let Down’ NHS Staff

PM announces national care service to help ‘let down’ NHS staff

Prime minister Andy Burnham apologised to NHS staff in his speech to the Labour Party Conference today, before announcing a new National Care Service designed to “secure” the health service and take pressure off staff.

What is still missing from the Prime Minister’s plan to fix social care?

A Northamptonshire charity, SERVE, has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s determination to reform adult social care - but says the national debate must extend beyond who pays for care and how a future National Care Service will be funded.

Adass: 'Care reform cannot wait until next election’

Government, councils and the care sector “cannot afford to wait” until the next general election to begin social care reform, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care (Adass) has said following the prime minister’s speech. At the Labour Party conference, Mr Burnham announced plans… The post Adass: ‘Care reform cannot wait until next election’ appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).

Prime Minister Promises Reform to Adult Social Care, We Are Here To Help Deliver. - Care Workers Support trading as The Care Workers' Charity

Prime Minister Promises Reform to Adult Social Care, We Are Here To Help Deliver. The Care Workers’ Charity welcomes the announcements made in the Prime Minister’s speech at the 2026 Labour Conference and stand ready to help the Government in making sure the Care Worker’s voice is represented in the government’s reform. London, Date: 29th September ... The post Prime Minister Promises Reform to Adult Social Care, We Are Here To Help Deliver. ap…

Dear Andy Burnham: if you want to fix social care, please don’t forget disabled children like Alf

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised to “grasp the nettle” and tackle England’s broken social care system. Parent carer Emma Chapman welcomes the PM’s ambition. But after years fighting for support for her disabled son Alf, she asks why children like Alf are missing from the big conversation. Someone finally wants to grasp the nettle […]