The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the nation’s overall well-being.

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care—a series of papers on critical areas of ...

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Overworked and underpaid nurses cannot wait until 2028 for the government to solve the crisis in the social care, leading nursing organisations have warned amid historic plans for reforming the sector ...

Alongside the announcement, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) pledged a series of other changes to adult social care, including: Increasing the 2024-25 budget for the disabled facilities ...

Wes Streeting has defended the timescale for reforming adult social care in England, with proposals on its long-term funding unlikely to be delivered before 2028. The health and social care ...

It's a very expensive way to deliver not great care. Last year, a report into the NHS from Lord Darzi, commissioned by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, described the state of social care in the UK ...

Shadow health secretary Edward Argar said: “We will engage constructively to deliver much-needed long-term social care reform, but after 14 years in opposition it is deeply disappointing that ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has denied the government is putting off social care reforms following criticism that a planned overhaul of the sector may not happen for years. Ministers have ...