If silence speaks volumes then this year's autumn statement sent a deafening message to
the NHS and its partners in social care. The decision of the chancellor of the exchequer …

The UK's coalition government has honoured its promise to give the NHS an increase in real
terms. But the rise—0.1% a year until 2014—could not have been smaller, reports Nick …

The spring budget delivered£ 2bn of new funding for social care over three years from 2017‑
18 and a commitment to publish a green paper outlining options for future funding. The …

At the time of writing we don't know who this letter is addressed to or what coalition or
partnership deals will be needed to form a government. What we do know is that the next …

The government has agreed to cap the lifetime costs that anyone would have to pay for
social care in England at£ 75 000 (€ 87 000; $117 000), more than double the£ 35 000 …

The NHS in England faces a funding crisis this year or the next, as it runs out of easy ways to
save money and service transformation remains a distant prospect, the think tank the …

Three issues have dominated debate about health policy in England during 2011. The first
has been the Health and Social Care Bill currently before parliament, which seems likely to …

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 marked the end of the NHS in England. But you
wouldn't know it from the election debates, as cries for more funding compete with differing …

The UK's new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, set out the government's latest plans for tax and
spending in the autumn statement on 17 November. 1 UK public finances are being hit by …

Speaking to parliament on 6 January, Lamb argued that the extra£ 8bn (€ 10.9 bn; $11.7 bn)
in NHS funding by 2020 pledged by the government was not enough to tackle huge hospital …