increase more because there has been an increase in emigration of international students which helped hold the figures. what did you think of what yvette cooper said? i was surprised. some classic mansplaining! tell me what you thought? there does seem to be a degree of consensus between labour and the conservatives that if there was more training then perhaps demand for foreign workers might be lower. i don t think that is universally the case in every industry but there is something specific about health and social care because the government has a degree of control over the labour market that it does not have in other industries, funding the training places and setting indirectly, determining pay and conditions in the industry so it is much easier, the government has more levers in that industry and engineers. what really got me about what yvette cooper said and i am
to meet every three months, and we ve learnt that it s only meeting today after a gap of nine months. experts advising the government say more personalised care will be key, and ministers point to more training places for midwives. but nhs england acknowledges there is still more to be done on this issue. as for tinuke, she says she knows a good place to start. now i m campaigning, it still feels like people don t tend to be listening. i think it s important that we re given much more of a seat at that table when they re making decisions. i think that will be key. naomi grimley, bbc news. hundreds of military personnel paraded through central london last night in a midnight rehearsal for the king s coronation on may the 6th. they travelled in rows on horseback through the quiet streets in preparation for next month s event which will feature more than 6,000 men and women
mps are particularly worried by the data on maternal deaths. although they acknowledged these are rare in the uk, they say the higher level of risk faced by black and asian mothers is frankly shameful. we know that women who are living in the most deprived communities have the worst outcomes in pregnancy. black women simply aren t being listened to. now, that has to be addressed. that s got to be about cultural competence, competency within the nhs. it s got to be about staff who are properly trained to address biases that may preexist. in its response to this report, the department of health pointed out it had set up a specialist task force last year to examine exactly these issues. but it was originally supposed to meet every three months, and we ve learnt that it s only meeting today after a gap of nine months. experts advising the government say more personalised care will be key, and ministers point to more training places for midwives.
care records, some extra money for councils who are in charge of running social care, to pay to the providers of care homes and services provided to support two adults with disabilities. this £2 billion from the government isjust disabilities. this £2 billion from the government is just a small fraction of the overall sum that is spent on social care. it is likely to be about 5% of funding, also drawing money from council tax, business rates and other central government grants, but what has happened is they have held back £600 million of what was originally promised and that has meant the money for workforce in particular has been hit, was meant to be £500 million but now it will be £250 million. there was going to be extra training places and this was considered really important to plug some of the gaps in the social care workforce, around one in ten posts at the moment are vacant. that is why the association of directors of
spent on training places and technology over three years. the department of health say that figure is now £250 million. social care minister helen whately said the government s new plan focuses on recognising care with the status it deserves , but charities say this is just the latest in a long series of disappointments for the sector. live now to our newsroom, where we can speak to our health correspondent nick triggle. let s be clear here, the funding hasn t quite been halved, a lot of it has been held back but hasn t quite been halved, a lot of it has been held baci hasn t quite been halved, a lot of it has been held back but it doesn t to sa it it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t mean it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t mean what - it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t mean what is - to say it doesn t mean what is happening now is a social care sector which may be