Archbishops have called for a “radical redesign” of England’s “broken” social care system. A so-called National Care Covenant, setting out the rights and responsibilities of national and local government, communities,
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“Tacked-on” funding to buy extra care beds in the community and speed up the discharge of hospital patients will not address the long-term root problems plaguing the health and social
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Scotland’s hospitals are “almost completely full”, the First Minister has warned as she outlined measures to ease NHS pressures. In a news briefing alongside Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and the
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The millions spent by the Government on buying extra care home beds will not address the long-term root cause of the issues, a senior social care figure has said. Ministers
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A man with physical and mental health problems is “living” in a hospital even though he is fit to leave, a judge in a specialist court has heard. Lawyers representing
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More than nine out of 10 people in some parts of England are stuck in hospital beds despite being fit to leave, new analysis shows. Levels are particularly high in
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A child safeguarding board has apologised for failures in the case of a five-year-old boy who was murdered by family members, as calls were made for a Wales-wide review of
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A coroner has written to the Health Secretary with his concerns about the crisis in the social care sector leading to hospital bed-blocking and delays in ambulances reaching patients. Andrew
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The number of patients in hospital beds in England who no longer need to be there has reached a new monthly high, figures show. An average of 13,613 beds per
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There is little evidence that so-called “social prescribing link workers” improve social support or ease the burden on overstretched GP services, a new review has concluded. The new analysis, published
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