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Government ‘finalising’ plans to fix social care crisis, says PM

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on July 1, 2020

Boris Johnson said the Conservatives 'won’t wait' to fix the problem of social care that 'every government has flunked for 30 years'.

Boris Johnson backtracks on NHS surcharge for health and care workers

Leaders People by Sam Lewis on May 26, 2020

The £400 NHS surcharge currently applies to all non-UK citizens who use the NHS, and will rise to £624 in October.

Boris Johnson rejects call to exempt care workers from NHS surcharge

Leaders People by Sarah Clarke on May 21, 2020

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer led the call during Prime Minister’s questions for care workers to be exempt from paying the NHS surcharge.

Boris Johnson ‘enraged’ by PPE shortages, pledges ‘massive plan’ to ramp up supply

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on May 7, 2020

Johnson made the comments during his first Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) since recovering from coronavirus.

Charities urge Boris Johnson to appoint Minister for Older People

Campaigns Compliance Innovation Legislation by Sarah Clarke on February 25, 2020

Four charities have called on the PM to appoint a Minister for Older People to end the “scandalous abuse and neglect” of hundreds of thousands of OAPs.

Prime Minister called upon to honour 100-day social care pledge

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on February 12, 2020

Care England says government has until March 22 to act upon Johnson's pledge to tackle social care within 100 days of his election.

Ten-year plan for social care was ‘blocked’ by former chancellor, says Jeremy Hunt

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on January 27, 2020

Hunt said he wanted to produce a 10-year plan to match the one drawn up for the NHS two years ago, but this was blocked by the then chancellor.

Social care leaders ‘disappointed’ over PM’s U-turn on sector reform

Leaders People by Sarah Clarke on January 15, 2020

Leaders have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement yesterday that it could take five years to form a social care rescue plan.

‘Social care rescue plan’ could be five years away, confirms Boris Johnson

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on January 14, 2020

This is despite the prime minister pledging before the election that he and his team had a ready-to-go package to solve the social care crisis.

Boris Johnson must fulfil homecare promises, demands UKHCA

Compliance Legislation by Sam Lewis on December 16, 2019

On his first day as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson committed himself to “fixing the crisis” in state-funded social care

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