After the pandemic: long-term health and social care funding challenges
Growing waiting lists, staff burnout, and a social care system in urgent need of reform. With a spending review imminent, this event discussed spending pressures on health and care, how to pay for them, and whether the government will be able to meet its pledges to build 40 new hospitals and recruit tens of thousands of nurses, doctors, and GPs.\n\nThis event is part of the IfG's fringe events programme at the 2021 Labour Party Conference in Brighton.\n\nSpeakers:\nJustin Madders MP, Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health\nAnita Charlesworth, Director of Research and REAL Centre at the Health Foundation\nSarah Neville, Global Health Editor at the Financial Times\nDr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government\n\nThis event was chaired by Graham Atkins, Associate Director at the Institute for Government.\n\nKindly supported by the Health Foundation.