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Andy Burnham: “To be honest with you, broken social care will, in the end, break the national health service if we leave it like it is.”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2026
To be honest with you, broken social care will, in the end, break the national health service if we leave it like it is.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Commenting on the impact of social care on the NHS.

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