children is not trivial. doctor, thank you. you children is not trivial. doctor, thank you. you my children is not trivial. doctor, thank you. you my thanks - children is not trivial. doctor, thank you. you my thanks for children is not trivial. doctor, - thank you. you my thanks for having me. and we will find out how this report and many others are covered in the first additions of saturday s newspapers at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening. joining me will be geraldine scott and james luer. a former conservative health secretary has said the government must bite the bullet and bring in tax rises to fund the nhs and social care. jeremy hunt said the pressures on the sector are only going to increase, following the pandemic. the government is due to announce some measures next week to address the challenges faced by the nhs in england as the number of people waiting for procedures is at a record high. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. i m not half the man i was. compared to wh
to fund social care, amid reports the government is on the verge of signing off a rise of at least 1% in national insurance rates. the former health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the the government must bite the bullet and raise taxes because the sums needed for both nhs funding and social care were eyewatering . but any increase in national insurance or income tax would breach the commitment the conservatives made in their election manifesto. let s get more on this from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. borisjohnson has spoken on numerous occasions about reforming social care and how it is paid for as indeed have his predecessors. and we now going to have a plan? i indeed have his predecessors. and we now going to have a plan? now going to have a plan? i don t think it will now going to have a plan? i don t think it will be now going to have a plan? i don t think it will be long now going to have a plan? i don t think it will be long before - now going to have a pl
chief medical officers look at the wider benefits. if they decide we should immunise all 12 to 15 year olds some parents could be forgiven for feeling even 15 year olds some parents could be forgiven forfeeling even more confused. there has been some political frustration that the jcvi didn t make a green decision during the summer stop the uk led the world on covid vaccination but we now have a lower proportion of our population fully immunised than canada, spain, denmark, and belgium, and there are 6 million adults who are yet to have a single dose of covid vaccine. that s double the total number of 12 to 15 year olds and it s those adults who really need to getjabbed first. adults who really need to get abbed first. , ., ~ , ., , first. fergus, thank you, fergus walsh. a former conservative health secretary has said the government must bite the bullet and bring in tax rises to fund the nhs and social care. jeremy hunt said the pressures on the sector are only going to increase fo
way that we might ultimately be breaching former civil liberties. the government is being urged to increase taxes to fund social care, amid reports the government is on the verge of signing off a rise of at least 1% in national insurance rates. the former health secretaryjeremy hunt said the the government must bite the bullet and raise taxes because the sums needed for both nhs funding and social care were eyewatering . but any increase in national insurance or income tax would breach the commitment the conservatives made in their election manifesto. let s get more on this from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. it is pretty clear there is a discussion going on in the heart of government between the prime minister and chancellor and health secretary about how to pay for what everyone accepts as a much needed reform of the social care system in england and it appears they are ready to go against a manifesto commitment not to raise national insurance, vat or income tax in o
with the immunosuppressed, the current advice as two doses. we covered a current advice as two doses. we covered a lot current advice as two doses. we covered a lot there. jim, thanks. and in the next few minutes, we ll be speaking to adam finn, who sits on thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. so stay with us for that. staying with the pandemic, latest figures show a further 121 people have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test here in the uk. there have also been 42,076 new cases reported over the past 24 hour period. the government is being urged to increase taxes to fund social care, amid reports the government is on the verge of signing off a rise of at least 1% in national insurance rates. the former health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the government must bite the bullet and raise taxes because the sums needed for both nhs funding and social care were eyewatering . but any increase in national insurance or income tax would breach the commitment t