BBCNEWS Breakfast September 8, 2021 05:31:00
For as long as i can remember, probably for as long as you can remember, this big question on how to fund health and social care with an ageing population has weighed over every government. make no mistake this is a really big moment. yesterday borisjohnson announced what he called the biggest catch—up programme in the history of the nhs. £36 billion, raised over three years, to deal with the backlog caused by covid—19. more than £5 billion of that will go towards changes to social care in england. scotland, wales and northern ireland will also receive an additional £2.2 billion to spen...