Just 5% of the public think social care providers should be privately run, according to a think-tank survey.
A cross-party think-tank has called for social care costs to be removed from council budgets.
The Government has been urged to bring the threshold for social care support in line with inflation as part of reforms.
The NHS Alliance has called for a national tariff and service specification for ADHD and autism services, warning costs were ‘out of control’.
Slower recruitment and hospital activity growth contributed to a much smaller NHS budget top-up in 2025-26, the IFS has revealed.
Only two in five (40%) of adults in England have accessed NHS dental care in the last two years, NHS Business Services Authority data has revealed.
There are almost 1m (981,000) young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), according to the ONS.
NHS patient satisfaction levels improved in the past year although concerns remain in some areas, according to a CQC survey.
Dentistry is ‘quietly being transformed into a two-tier service’, according to Nuffield Trust analysis.
One in every 15 people aged 80 or over in Ealing was hospitalised after a fall last year, the highest rate of any London borough.
Private healthcare admissions have continued to rise despite a lack of health literacy among the UK population.