Councils will not be able to fix recruitment and retention issues afflicting social care services if they do not have enough money to ensure staff are paid properly, MPs have warned.
The government’s reluctance to fully fund pay rises for NHS staff this year could leave trusts with a funding gap of £1.8bn, a leading health service figure has warned.
The government failed to collect data to determine whether more than £400m spent on Covid-19 travel measures delivered value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
The government is considering an overhaul of the healthcare system which would put partnerships between councils and the NHS onto a statutory footing, a leaked document reveals.
The Department for Health and Social Care needs to devise a capital strategy to address backlog in NHS maintenance work post-Covid-19, a report from the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
Councils are set to receive £1.6bn of funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as part of the government’s £5bn coronavirus fund announced during the Budget.
