the chief executive of the nhs in england — sir simon stevens — has called for adult social care to be and for all. he said the pandemic had shone a harsh spotlight on the care system in england, which needed urgent reform. our political correspondent chris mason reports. the pride and gratitude for our carers has once again been there for all to see, but providing and paying for social care remains a colossal challenge. the carers that work for ourselves and the nhs have gone above and beyond and i think there's now this recognition that they deserve better pay, they deserve better conditions, and we're hoping that really sticks. now the head of the nhs in england says change must come quickly. i would hope that by the time we are sitting down this time next year, on the 73rd birthday of the nhs, we have actually as a country been able to decisively answer the question, how are we going to fund and provide high—quality social care for my parents' generation? in his first speech as prime minister, borisjohnson made a big promise. we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all.

will set out his plans to help the economy recover from the coronavirus crisis, the comments of simon stevensensure that social ca re reform stevens may help ensure that social care reform is not forgotten, even in amidst the pandemic. jonathan blake, bbc news. and the chief executive of nhs england, sir simon stevens, also said that the nhs was preparing for a second wave of covid—i9. our health correspondent anna collinsonjoins us now. anna, what was his warning on that? sir simon stevens is warning that this winter we could see a second wave of coronavirus cases. he has warned there is a particular risk of the virus coexisting alongside the flu. to ensure the nhs is ready, they are preparing what he called they are preparing what he called the biggest everflu they are preparing what he called the biggest ever flu vaccination programme. simon stevens is also hopeful that we may soon have a vaccine. he has said there are more than 20 projects in place and one hopefully could be delivered between september and december. it is important to remember that the nhs asa important to remember that t

simon stevens says, u nfortu nately more now. unfortunately the elderly are the most at risk of this virus and there has been a similar pattern in care homes across europe. speaking to andrew marr, he said the coronavirus has shone a very harsh spotlight on the care system and that he hopes that this will lead to the reform that this will lead to the reform thatis that this will lead to the reform that is the industry desperately needs. the department of health says it will bring forward a plan for reform. they were talking specifically about covid—19 this morning, butjust looking at the wider issue of reform, scotland does it differently, northern ireland does it differently, the funding of ca re does it differently, the funding of care homes in england is done differently depending on which counsel you fall into. yes, there is a lot of difficulties facing the government, a big concern with things to do with care homes when it comes to the amount of people who work zero—hour contracts, the number of people coming into care homes

simon stevens and his fantastic team within the nhs.he much more sensible idea for all of us as citizens that the nhs is one step removed from ministerial control, andi removed from ministerial control, and i think it's in the interest of the government as well. if you have that degree of independence. the government as well. if you have that degree of independencem the government as well. if you have that degree of independence. if i canjust quickly that degree of independence. if i can just quickly bring anna and, the timing of this. as the pandemic have anything to do? we have heard about increasing frustration that they haven't had the ability to issue urgent... immediate action there was a lot of frustration in the collection of statistics. there's been general frustration about the devolved nature of different health services and part of the different guidance we seen from scotland and wales. it seems to be part of a move to centralise. to centralise that power within number ten and bring it closer together so that when it comes t

sir simon stevens told the bbc‘s the andrew marr show that covid—i9 — and its impact in care homes — spotlight" on the situation, and called for reform and proper funding for its staff. after at least two decades of talking about it, we do not have a fair and properly resourced adult social care system with a proper set of workforce support. if you've got a situation where a quarter of your social care staff are on zero—hours contracts, where you've got a one third churn in employment each year, that is not the preconditions for being able to provide high quality care for older people. i would hope that by the time we're sitting down this time next year on the 73rd birthday of the nhs, we have as a country been able to decisively answer the question — how are we going to fund and provide high quality social care for my parents' generation? that was the chief executive of nhs england speaking to the bbc — and our political correspondent says the challenge has now been set for the government to fix social care within a year. it's quite striking to hear the person at the top of the nhs

the chief executive of nhs england, sir simon stevens, has called for plans to adequately fund the uk's covid—i9 had shone a "very harsh spotlight" on the resilence of the system and that the pandemic should provide an opportunity to properly resource and reform social care.

chief simon stevens said the pandemic represents the biggest challenge in the history of britain's health service. and this is knowledge as it were these are the top stories saturday saw the biggest single day rise in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began with more than 212000 infections recorded globally the majority were not in america mexico now has the 2nd highest death toll in the region behind brazil. he has more from colombia's capital bogota. there was another record day in the number of confirmed cases in mexico 6914 bringing the total number to more than 252 towers in cases the numbers keep going up in mexico also a very high number of deaths more than 500 day it's pretty much every day several densely populated apartment buildings in these turning the city of melbourne have been put into lockdown after rising covered 1000 cases thousands of people will be forced to stay at home for at least 5 days so i thought vic and now has the most number of coronavirus cases on the african continent the daily tally from saturday showed more than 10000 new infections that's the highest

simon stevens was on news t.v. here he's calling for a restructuring of social care in this country in the next year. now the government had tried missed 2 years ago to provide a concert consultation document on the future of funding social care several governments who previously promised to do that and they've never done it it is a complex thing it does involve a huge amount of money and probably some increases in taxation to pay for it so this simple statement has been sort of teased out and used i think out of context and it we would do much better to actually focus on white was some can succeed in others did not right could i just pick up on that point of a little future of so i mean the death toll is high in kansas when i could the government be trying to shift the blame away from their policies there were those comments well look governments always try to shift the blame so who knows and you know every day older the attention to now is what happens with the inquiry what sort of inquiry is going to be will it

the head of nhs england, sir simon stevens, also called last week for a plan to fund the social carethink it's the right decision. i wanted us to take this decision a year ago. and it's not because we don't want to trade with china, and we certainly don't want another cold war with china, but they have a very clear strategy, which is they want an 80% global market share of communications technologies. that's pa rt communications technologies. that's part of their made in china 2025 programme. i just don't part of their made in china 2025 programme. ijust don't think part of their made in china 2025 programme. i just don't think future generations would look kindly on us if we became technologically dependent on another country. i think it's the right decision. it has been painful getting there but i think the government is going to do the right thing. and quickly on face coverings, the other big headline today. is that something where you would say we are finally here but we should have been here sooner?” think it is harsh tojudge should have been here sooner?” think it is harsh to j

steven. i'm not sure is it wind behind it thank you. we'll see you later. andrew >> coming up when we return, two big hours ahead. you don't want to miss it featuring bill simonn manufacturing post coronavirus and aol's co-founder steve case on big tech's dominance. tom friedman on relations with china, fighting the virus and so much more. "squawk" returns with all of it in just a moment ♪ ♪ now is the time to support the places you love. spend 10 dollars or more at a participating small business and get 5 dollars back, up to 10 times with american express. enroll now at shopsmall.com. how does the world reopen for business? to return to the workplace, safely, companies will need the right tools. that's why salesforce created work.com it's an all-new suite of apps, expertise, and services. to manage this crisis today, and thrive tomorrow. everything companies need to return to the workplace. let's reopen. safely. ♪ (announcer) reliability is everything. so, if your network's down, you're down. verizon knows your customers need to reach you seamlessly. your team needs to work from different places across many devices. plus, you want the security trusted by som

and i think simon also mentioned that what we see today may end up being slightly different from where we end up in and and evolves over a time. lastly, i want to thank you matt and steven and mark for their technical review support and extra big thanks to stephanie tang who jumped into this process which is not a typical procurement process and is not the typical first week of work at the port and ongoing support from michelle and and we're all local up there for questions? >> now let's open it up to you think and is for members of the in and will provile instructions now. >> thank you, president brandon. at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on item 10a. please dial star 3 to make public comment. the system is now open. dial star 3 to make public comment. >> thank you, jennifer. seeing no callers, public comment is closed. commissioner woo ho? >> thank you. this is actually very significant and momentous day. i still remember when we closed pier 38 to a wonderful project and the proposal has been terrific and if we had gone forward with what is proposed to the -- and what would have been the partial solution

sir simon stevens knows he has big challenges ahead.e that is exhausted, running on empty, he knows there's a huge backlog of cases that need to dealt with, a fear of what a second wave might look like, and then as you mentioned this fear as well, concern around a big spike in winter flu cases, the symptoms of which are similar to many coronavirus cases, and that's why today they have announced what will be the nhs‘s biggest immunisation programme, but he knows there are big challenges that lie ahead in the months to come. as just mentioned, around the country, people marked the 72nd anniversary of the nhs with a nationwide round of applause. this anniversary comes amid the corronavirus pandemic — a challenge unprecedented in more than seven decades of the health service's existence. the clap was another opportunity for people everywhere to show appreciation for nhs staff and a service that is there for us all when we need it. daniella relph was at st george's hospital in london. here at st george's hospital in south london, staff have