Social care: MPs seek cross-party group to 'sustain' NHS

[Northerner]

Ninety MPs have signed a letter calling on the prime minister to set up a cross-party convention on the future of the NHS and social care in England.

They say a non-partisan debate is needed to deliver a "sustainable settlement" to fund social care costs.

The letter to Theresa May and Chancellor Philip Hammond said patients were being "failed" by the system.

A government spokesperson said it was "committed" to making the sector sustainable.

The government had already provided an additional £2bn to social care over the next three years, the spokesperson added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42029445

 

[mikeyB]

That £2bn isn’t real money, it’s all smoke and mirrors. Even if it were real, it’s not enough.

What do they mean by sustainable? In whose terms? The punters or the accountants?

 

[trophywench]

What do they mean by sustainable? In whose terms? The punters or the accountants?

Hah! That's exactly what I wondered Mike!

Yrs etc,
another member of Cynics Utd.