Yes, the NHS needs more nurses, but where is the action on social care?

Yes, the NHS needs more nurses, but where is the action on social care? | David Brindle The biggest challenge by far is the projected need for more care workers by 2035 to keep pace with the ageing population

Frantic efforts are being made to boost applications for nursing degree courses before next week’s annual Ucas deadline, following the partial U-turn just before Christmas on the scrapping of training bursaries. At a cost of more than £2bn, students are being offered new grants worth between £5,000 and £8,000 a year – although they must still pay tuition fees – in tacit recognition that the abolition of bursaries in 2016 was a big mistake. The Guardian