Social care crisis will leave thousands of NHS beds out of action, warns Labour
5 years, 1 month ago

Social care crisis will leave thousands of NHS beds out of action, warns Labour

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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Labour has analysed NHS data on so-called delayed transfers of care, where healthy patients are unable to leave hospital because of delays in organising social care and other community services. Labour says it estimates, 2,750 of these beds will be occupied by patients who are there because of NHS delays, while 1,200 could be waiting for social care services. His refusal to come forward with this plan is holding people who are struggling to cover the cost of care in contempt.” She added: “Tory cuts to council budgets have meant £7.7bn being lost from social care budgets and they have squeezed NHS funding so that the vital care people need outside of hospital just isn’t available.” The Conservative Party have promised £1bn more in social care spending and said it will see party consensus on a way forward to tackle the crisis with many critics saying the solutions to the care crisis have been delayed too long already. A Conservative spokesman said: "We've invested an additional £650 million of new money for social care in 2019-20, including another £240 million for adult social care to alleviate winter pressures on the NHS this year.

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Are Labour’s new NHS proposals a cure or yet another sticking plaster?
2 days, 13 hours ago

Are Labour’s new NHS proposals a cure or yet another sticking plaster?

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With the health and social care secretary Wes Streeting having played the role of media warm-up act over the weekend, Keir Starmer has announced some radical moves to reduce NHS waiting times and generally improve the service – and thus fulfil Labour’s manifesto promise that “patients should expect to wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral for consultant-led treatment …

Starmer unveils overhaul of NHS – everything you need to know on changes to GPs and hospitals
2 days, 15 hours ago

Starmer unveils overhaul of NHS – everything you need to know on changes to GPs and hospitals

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Health secretary Wes Streeting defends delay in social care reforms
5 days, 21 hours ago

Health secretary Wes Streeting defends delay in social care reforms

The Independent  

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Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn

The Independent  

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Care home tycoon threatens legal action over Reeves’s ‘devastating’ tax raid
2 months ago

Care home tycoon threatens legal action over Reeves’s ‘devastating’ tax raid

The Telegraph  

Mr Kilgour said he had started drawing up plans to reduce investment across his string of care homes since Ms Reeves announced the tax changes at her maiden Budget last month. That is a real fear of mine.” Growth fears As well as pursuing legal action against the Government, Mr Kilgour is also preparing to write to allies of Health …

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by National Insurance hike, ministers warn
2 months, 1 week ago

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by National Insurance hike, ministers warn

Daily Mail  

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by the failure to exempt them from a national insurance rise, ministers have been warned. Chancellor Rachel Reeves was last night accused by leading industry figures of 'forgetting about care' in Labour's quest to revive the NHS Ms Reeves hiked NI contributions by 1.2p and reduced the salary threshold in order to …

NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn

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No more consultations – it’s time to operate on the sickly NHS
2 months, 2 weeks ago

No more consultations – it’s time to operate on the sickly NHS

The Independent  

Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting, his health secretary, will today launch a “national conversation” about the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS, due next spring. However, in a round of Sunday broadcast interviews, Mr Streeting explained that the government wants to “engage” with the public, NHS staff and experts, who will be asked to submit ideas via a website. …

PM: Not possible to build an NHS for the future without fixing social care
3 months, 3 weeks ago

PM: Not possible to build an NHS for the future without fixing social care

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NHS is 'broken' and must 'reform or die', says Keir Starmer as he vows no more money unless service agrees to change - after grim report found huge investment has failed to boost performance
3 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS is 'broken' and must 'reform or die', says Keir Starmer as he vows no more money unless service agrees to change - after grim report found huge investment has failed to boost performance

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer warned that the 'broken' NHS must 'reform or die' today after a damning report found billions of pounds in extra investment has failed to boost performance. In a round of interviews this morning ahead of Sir Keir's keynote speech, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the NHS 'unquestionably' wastes money and could go 'bust' without fundamental change. Sir Keir …

Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector

The Independent  

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Social care: Labour has ‘failed another generation of families’ with cancellation of reforms, Dilnot says
5 months, 1 week ago

Social care: Labour has ‘failed another generation of families’ with cancellation of reforms, Dilnot says

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England’s largest councils call for delay to adult social care costs cap amid £30bn funding ‘black hole’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

England’s largest councils call for delay to adult social care costs cap amid £30bn funding ‘black hole’

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Rapid hospital discharges are leaving patients with more complex social care needs when they get home
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Rapid hospital discharges are leaving patients with more complex social care needs when they get home

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Commons to sit with Labour on Government frontbenches for first time in 14 years
6 months ago

Commons to sit with Labour on Government frontbenches for first time in 14 years

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Streeting promises social care costs cap despite absence from Labour manifesto
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Streeting promises social care costs cap despite absence from Labour manifesto

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Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog
7 months, 1 week ago

Wes Streeting: I will outdo Blair to clear NHS backlog

The Telegraph  

Labour will also claim on Wednesday that the NHS waiting list will hit 10 million if the Tories remain in power. Labour’s plans to tackle record NHS waits include putting on 40,000 extra appointments each week by utilising weekend and evening slots, as well as doubling the number of scanners available to run diagnostics on patients. Labour’s plan to tackle …

Social care in meltdown as shock report warns crippled system is busier than ever
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Social care in meltdown as shock report warns crippled system is busier than ever

Daily Mail  

Social care is under ‘intense pressure’ and must be reformed after a record 2million adults asked for support last year, a report warns. Simon Bottery, senior fellow at The King’s Fund and lead author of the Social Care 360 report, said: ‘For decades social care reform has been promised by governments but consistently dodged or delayed. ‘At a time when …

Social care crisis laid bare as quarter of NHS beds occupied by dementia patients
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Social care crisis laid bare as quarter of NHS beds occupied by dementia patients

The Independent  

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Social care workforce departures show ‘leaky bucket which needs urgent repair’
1 year, 2 months ago

Social care workforce departures show ‘leaky bucket which needs urgent repair’

The Independent  

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Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK
1 year, 3 months ago

Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK

The Independent  

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Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists
1 year, 5 months ago

Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists

The Independent  

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Social care funding ‘will relieve hard-pressed councils and struggling staff’
1 year, 5 months ago

Social care funding ‘will relieve hard-pressed councils and struggling staff’

The Independent  

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Charities lament unfulfilled promise four years on from vow to ‘fix social care’
1 year, 5 months ago

Charities lament unfulfilled promise four years on from vow to ‘fix social care’

The Independent  

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NHS in danger of being buried under social care avalanche, Sir Ed Davey warns
1 year, 6 months ago

NHS in danger of being buried under social care avalanche, Sir Ed Davey warns

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Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal
1 year, 7 months ago

Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal

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‘I sit and cry every day’: How the care system is failing those in need
1 year, 8 months ago

‘I sit and cry every day’: How the care system is failing those in need

The Independent  

The social care system is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of sick, elderly and disabled people and their families, and the NHS relies on it to be able to admit patients to hospital. Now The Independent can reveal some of the effects the crisis is having including: A wife caring for her husband 24 hours a day had to …

NHS ‘bed-blocking’ fuelled by 50 steps needed to discharge fit patients
1 year, 11 months ago

NHS ‘bed-blocking’ fuelled by 50 steps needed to discharge fit patients

The Telegraph  

Tara Norman, from Sevenoakes, Kent, said her husband John, 73, was forced to wait nine hours to leave hospital on one occasion after doctors said he was fit to leave. “And all we’d done all day was sit and wait for people to either come and sign a bit of paper, bring him some fairly basic painkillers.” Mr Norman, a …

Labour has a long-term plan for NHS but we don’t, warns Tory former minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Labour has a long-term plan for NHS but we don’t, warns Tory former minister

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NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’
2 years ago

NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’

The Independent  

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Rishi Sunak told care system at risk of collapse if workers not paid as much as nurses
2 years ago

Rishi Sunak told care system at risk of collapse if workers not paid as much as nurses

The Telegraph  

Rishi Sunak has come under Tory pressure to give care workers a pay rise – just as he is refusing demands to increase nurses’ pay. Damian Green, the former First Secretary of State, said Britain’s care system was at risk of collapse unless care workers were paid as much as nurses. Mr Green, the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group …

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report
2 years ago

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report

The Independent  

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NHS and social care system in ‘most perilous position in memory’
2 years, 1 month ago

NHS and social care system in ‘most perilous position in memory’

The Independent  

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If I’d known hospitals are like ‘lobster traps’, my father might not have died on a ward
2 years, 1 month ago

If I’d known hospitals are like ‘lobster traps’, my father might not have died on a ward

The Independent  

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Social care promise in doubt as Rishi Sunak ‘to delay cap on costs until 2025’
2 years, 1 month ago

Social care promise in doubt as Rishi Sunak ‘to delay cap on costs until 2025’

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Why record numbers of healthy patients are stuck in hospital
2 years, 2 months ago

Why record numbers of healthy patients are stuck in hospital

The Telegraph  

It comes amid pressure on Liz Truss to detail plans to divert billions of pounds to social care. “For these figures to be so bad during the summer suggests we could be heading into a real crisis in the winter, because there’s an obvious risk that as the pressures on the NHS and social care intensify, delayed discharges could get …

Coffey promises £500 million ‘down payment’ for social care over winter
2 years, 3 months ago

Coffey promises £500 million ‘down payment’ for social care over winter

The Independent  

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Liz Truss: No-one will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care
2 years, 3 months ago

Liz Truss: No-one will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care

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Social care: Next PM must overhaul care amid astonishing level of unmet need, say charities
2 years, 4 months ago

Social care: Next PM must overhaul care amid astonishing level of unmet need, say charities

The Independent  

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Keep national insurance rise to boost social care wages, say Tory MPs
2 years, 5 months ago

Keep national insurance rise to boost social care wages, say Tory MPs

The Independent  

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Care homes ‘could face widespread closures’ under social care reforms
2 years, 9 months ago

Care homes ‘could face widespread closures’ under social care reforms

The Independent  

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Health minister defends Government for 'terrifying' patients away from NHS during Covid
2 years, 10 months ago

Health minister defends Government for 'terrifying' patients away from NHS during Covid

Daily Mail  

A health minister was today forced to defend the Government for 'terrifying' millions into not coming forward for treatment during the pandemic after Sajid Javid warned that the waiting list will keep rising for another two years. END TWO YEAR WAITS BY JULY 2022 END 18-MONTH WAITS BY APRIL 2023 END 65-WEEK WAITS BY MARCH 2024 END ONE YEAR WAITS …

Social care for elderly and vulnerable rationed as Covid hits staff
2 years, 11 months ago

Social care for elderly and vulnerable rationed as Covid hits staff

The Independent  

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Around 10,000 hospital beds occupied by elderly patients ready to go home but waiting for care
3 years, 1 month ago

Around 10,000 hospital beds occupied by elderly patients ready to go home but waiting for care

The Telegraph  

Around 10,000 hospital beds are currently occupied by elderly people owing to a lack of available care workers to look after them at home, NHS leaders have warned. Senior figures said hospitals were “grinding to a halt” because of a growing crisis in social care, which has left “staggering” numbers of frail and vulnerable people stuck on wards for weeks …

Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’
3 years, 1 month ago

Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’

The Independent  

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Boris Johnson’s controversial care plans face resistance in Lords
3 years, 1 month ago

Boris Johnson’s controversial care plans face resistance in Lords

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Boris Johnson sees off Tory rebellion over controversial cap on social care costs
3 years, 1 month ago

Boris Johnson sees off Tory rebellion over controversial cap on social care costs

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We need a bold new type of NHS – the National Housing Service
3 years, 2 months ago

We need a bold new type of NHS – the National Housing Service

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Extra tax to fix social care must not line care home bosses' pockets
3 years, 3 months ago

Extra tax to fix social care must not line care home bosses' pockets

Daily Mail  

Forget talk of national insurance, or a health and social care levy, Boris Johnson’s plan to tackle the social care crisis involves an income tax. Rather than raise the rate of income tax, the manifesto-busting move initially add 1.25 per cent to national insurance, and then swap that a year later for a health and social care levy. Britons have …

Boris Johnson's social care plan: why tax increases may not fix NHS crisis
3 years, 4 months ago

Boris Johnson's social care plan: why tax increases may not fix NHS crisis

The Telegraph  

Anita Charlesworth, director of research at the Health Foundation, warns this “falls well short of what is needed to stabilise the current system and deliver the comprehensive reform that is so desperately needed”. Only after the health service has had a chance to recover might more cash be diverted to social care, if a brave minister decides the NHS can …

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