Andy Burnham told the BBC the NHS will ‘collapse’ without social care reform.

Andy Burnham told the BBC that “the NHS will collapse” if social care is not improved, but said he could not put a time limit on changes.

In his first major interview since becoming prime minister, Burnham said he would not leave office unless “significant changes” were made to the social care system.

The Prime Minister also proposed making it difficult to claim benefits, saying the country should be serious about bringing down the Welfare Act.

Ms Kemi has written to the Prime Minister saying that ADB should not raise taxes or increase loans to fund social service reforms.

In an interview with the BBC, Burnham said that if the government doesn’t improve social care, the NHS will “fail in trying to care for people who don’t need to end up in the NHS system”.

But pressed on whether he would create a new system before the next election, he said that although he would put “any political capital I have into fixing broken social care”, he “can’t put it on the timetable here now”.

In 2009, when Burnham was health secretary under Gordon Brown, he first proposed a universal social care system in England.

Now, as the Prime Minister, he is going to give a speech on social care for adults on Wednesday.

The BBC understands the Prime Minister will stop short of unveiling plans for the new system in his speech, instead announcing he will speed up the Casey Commission, an independent review into social care solutions.

Baroness Louise Casey is not expected to make her final recommendations until 2028, but Burnham wants to bring her program forward.

“Social care has been on a long road and I’ve brought it straight forward,” he told the BBC.

Social care for adults provides support to help people live more independently, from personal care such as washing to household chores.

Unlike the NHS, social care is not free at the point of service. In England and Northern Ireland, people who have saved more than £23,250 are not entitled to help with care costs from their council.

Different rules apply in Wales and Scotland regarding eligibility.

Social care for adults has proven a complex issue for successive governments to address.

Two years ago, Sir Keir Starmer was criticized when Labor failed to introduce an £86,000 plan on what people in England spend on social services over their lifetime.

In a letter to Burnham, Badenoch wrote, “Any solution to social issues must be fair to the people who have made and saved food in their lives.”