Hammond's budget bows to demands for social care cash injection Chancellor responds to crisis in care for older people with £2bn extra, but charities are concerned it will not be enough
Philip Hammond responded to the growing crisis in social care in England by pledging to put £2bn extra into it over the next three years and also produced an unexpected £425m to help the NHS cope better with winter and transform how it works.
Additional money for social care was necessary both to improve the help older people receive as the number of over-75s grows quickly in the coming years and also to ease the huge pressures the NHS is under, the chancellor said in his statement. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Philip Hammond responded to the growing crisis in social care in England by pledging to put £2bn extra into it over the next three years and also produced an unexpected £425m to help the NHS cope better with winter and transform how it works.
Additional money for social care was necessary both to improve the help older people receive as the number of over-75s grows quickly in the coming years and also to ease the huge pressures the NHS is under, the chancellor said in his statement. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Philip Hammond pledges extra £2 billion to help tackle social care crisis The Daily Telegraph
- The Guardian view on the spring budget: not enough | Editorial The Guardian
- UK social care: staff shortages put sector in crisis The Guardian
- Budget 2017: Philip Hammond says 'we are party of NHS' with £2bn extra to social care The Independent
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