12 June 2025, 09:59

By Jonathan Byrd

The Chancellor’s Spending Review was delivered with a clear sense of urgency about the future of public services.

With almost £30 billion of further funds directed to the NHS and a 3% annual real-terms rise for health, there is no question that healthcare remains a top priority for the government.

Broadly, I welcome this. However, there are systemic and strategic issues at the heart of the NHS that have still not been addressed, and the age-old political strategy - whichever colour rosette you wear - of pumping more and more money into the NHS, which is struggling across the board, seems to remain de rigueur.

The provision of care for the elderly, severely disabled, and those living with life-altering diseases and conditions like dementia was conspicuous through its absence from the Chancellor’s comments.

The care sector is on its knees, owing to a wide range of challenges, from rises in employers’ national insurance, a workforce crisis and the inescapable reality that Britain’s population is ageing - and living - longer than ever before.

For those of us working........

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