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MDU welcomes increased NHS spending in government’s 2025 Spending Review

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) today welcomed the announcement by the government, in its 2025 Spending Review, that funding for NHS services will increase by 3%. While it is positive that healthcare services have been prioritised in the Spending Review, the MDU emphasises that reform is still urgently needed to ensure this extra funding is… Read more »

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Inspection report finds home care services must be more flexible
Home care services shake-up urged

Councils have been urged to rethink the way they provide home care for the elderly amid fears that services are too rushed and not properly tailored to people’s needs. The first ever inspection of home care in the UK today finds that although there are high levels of satisfaction with state-funded services, many older people… Read more »

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Gordon Brown outlines his plans for the Labour leadership ahead of a crucial party conference
Brown calls for devolution of power

Labour must find a “new way of communicating with the public”, Gordon Brown has argued as he put forward ideas for what he would do as prime minister. On the eve of his address to the Labour party conference in Manchester, which one aide admitted would be the “speech of his life”, the chancellor outlined… Read more »