On 29 September 2026, in his first conference speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham made a National Care Service (NCS) for England the heart of Labour’s offer for the next Parliament. He described it as ‘free at the point of use’, built on the principle that ‘everyone contributes, and everyone is covered’, and warned that ‘if we don’t fix our broken social care system, it will eventually break the NHS too’.
SESCA (South East Social Care Alliance) have prepared a stakeholder briefing outlining the proposed National Care Service and what it could mean for the social care sector.
Read the full National Care Service stakeholder briefing on the SESCA website.
