Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham warned that “broken social care will in the end break the NHS” and said a new care service proposal will be set out in detail and placed on the ballot at the next general election.
Burnham made the remarks while discussing the growing strain on England’s health and social‑care systems, emphasizing that failures in one sector inevitably affect the other.
“Broken social care will in the end break the NHS,” Burnham said.
He added that the government’s forthcoming care service plan will be fully outlined for public scrutiny before being submitted to voters, with the timetable tied to the upcoming general election.
The mayor’s comments come amid ongoing debate over how to fund and organise social care, a sector that currently operates separately from the National Health Service but is widely recognised as essential to overall health outcomes.
<small>Source: BBC Health — read the original story there.</small>
