Inadequate social care funding is leading to delays in hospital operations, a leading surgeon has warned. Delaying transferring patients from hospitals to social care means that there are not enough
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Charities and health experts have reacted with dismay to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which failed to pledge extra cash for the NHS or social care. Philip Hammond repeated the Government’s
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Children’s hospices are on the brink of a funding crisis owing to cuts and freezes in local authority and NHS spending, according to a report. The study, from the charities
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Ministers would ease the social care system “funding crisis” by urgently bringing forward the date they intend to spend millions of pounds on services, Labour has said. Shadow health minister
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Almost 700,000 older people in need of some sort of care or support are being left to fend for themselves, a charity has warned. Age UK said 696,500 people who
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Surplus cash from business rates should be spent on tackling the country’s social care “crisis”, the Government is being urged. Unison said a “windfall” of £2.4 billion has yet to
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Families are planning on mounting legal challenges over “illegal” cuts to social care, as a £1.9bn funding gap threatens services, experts say. The King’s Fund, Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation
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A scheme which gives contraception to women at risk of having their children taken into care will be expanded following a cash injection from the Government. The Pause programme supports
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Financial pressures facing the social care sector are impacting on vulnerable older and disabled people, experts have warned. Some are being forced to find new homes as a result of
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Money is being diverted away from road repairs, leisure centres and local bus routes in order to maintain the struggling social care sector, council leaders have warned. The Local Government
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