Boris Johnson's care 'vision' finally unveiled - and doesn't solve the crisis The social care White Paper was hailed as a '10-year vision' - but ministers admitted it is just a 'first step', won't solve a whole string of problems and there'll be a second White Paper next year New social care plans risk backlash over failure to tackle England’s winter crisisExclusive: long-awaited white paper provides no new funding to help with care providers’ immediate problems Nearly 400,000 elderly and disabled people left on social care 'waiting lists''Red lights are flashing' in the sector with huge staff shortages. Nearly 400,000 waiting for social care assessment or service, warns grim reportThe findings come in a study by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. Closures and soaring waiting lists: crunch time for social care services‘Red lights are flashing’ warns care boss, in advance of the government’s social care white paper After the COVID-19 Crisis, Social Care Needs a Rapid Ownership Re-Think – Byline TimesAfter more than 12500 care home deaths, Iwan Doherty considers what to do now the business model for social care has proved itself not fit for purpose. Nearly 6,000,000 on NHS waiting list amid 'unprecedented pressure' before winterIt comes after figures revealed nearly 10,000 more people than usual have died in the last four months from non-Covid conditions. 'Unprecedented pressure' for this time of year: NHS under strain even before winter peak, boss warnsThe NHS is under an "unprecedented degree of pressure" for this time of year, the chief executive of NHS Providers has said.