Natasha Curry

May 22, 2024 | ftadviser.com | Natasha Curry |Nuffield Trust |Jamie Jenkins |Mel Kenny

The chaos within the government in recent years, along with the current speculation over a date for the general election, has meant any plan to fix the social care system in England looks, for the moment, to have been thrown into the long grass. As a result and amid the cost of living crisis, advisers face challenges trying to help clients plan for the future.

May 5, 2023 | inkl.com | Nuffield Trust |Natasha Curry |Miriam Deakin |NHS Providers

The Nuffield Trust said the pandemic had shown up the “underlying fragilities” in the social care system and “forced this issue to a point where it is impossible to ignore”, as it insisted there is a “huge amount of learning” that must be understood and harnessed. But, in a report published on Friday, it noted that, since beginning its research which focused on the first four months of the pandemic response to May 2020, some key elements of the plan for sector reform have been delayed.