Health secretary defended a two-year delay to social care reforms, saying he is focused on backlogs
The health secretary has twice refused to say the NHS is functioning properly, as he defended delays to capping the cost of social care, stressing he was focusing on the “immediate issue” of an operations backlog and ambulance delays.
Steve Barclay said it had been a “difficult decision” to push back by two years plans put in place by Boris Johnson to “fix social care”, and admitted the health service was under “severe pressure”.
Continue reading…Health secretary defended a two-year delay to social care reforms, saying he is focused on backlogsThe health secretary has twice refused to say the NHS is functioning properly, as he defended delays to capping the cost of social care, stressing he was focusing on the “immediate issue” of an operations backlog and ambulance delays.Steve Barclay said it had been a “difficult decision” to push back by two years plans put in place by Boris Johnson to “fix social care”, and admitted the health service was under “severe pressure”. Continue reading…