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Energy, social care, pay: Truss’s first 100 days
BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2173 (Published 08 September 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:o2173
- Rebecca Coombes, head of journalism
- The BMJ
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Sidelined in leadership debates, health is suddenly centre stage. One of Liz Truss’s first splashy acts as UK prime minister (doi:10.1136/bmj.o2166)1 is expected to be the transfer of billions of pounds from NHS budgets to social care. The new health secretary for England, Thérèse Coffey, is also deputy prime minister—if nothing else, this is an elevation for the health portfolio in the cabinet. Will it mean anything more?
Getting social care back on its feet will aid in the safe discharge of patients from acute care and prevent admissions at the front end of the NHS. But the drain on NHS funding …