The Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine have called on the Welsh government to speed up their plans to invest in social and community care services.
Six rural hospital trusts carry a quarter of English health service’s funding deficit, according to an evidence review conducted by the Nuffield Trust for the National Centre for Rural Health and Care.
The government should improve its oversight of the local governance system to help local authorities cope with increasing financial and demand pressures, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.