Burnham Vows to Tackle UK’s Expensive Social Care Problems

Prime Minister Andy Burnham will meet opposition party leaders on Wednesday to kickstart his effort to reform the UK’s creaking social care system.

How other countries tackle the spiralling costs of social care  The Times

The new Prime Minister has long pledged to improve the nation’s social care system

LONDON - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham vowed in an interview aired on July 27 to overhaul the country’s social care system to ease pressure on the beleaguered National Health Service.Unlike the publicly funded NHS, which is struggling with long waiting lists and stretched resources, social care for elderly and di

PM says that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse, in first full interview since entering No 10 Andy Burnham has pledged to use “whatever political capital I have” to finally fix the crumbling social care system in England, saying that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse. In his f