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NHS and social care ‘at breaking point’, medics and charities warn
The NHS and social care services are “at breaking point”, a group of leading medical groups and charities have said.
6 October 2014 Last updated at 03:38
Writing in the Independent, they said the NHS had been through its “longest and most damaging budget squeeze” ever.
The letter says patient care and staff morale have suffered, adding: “Things cannot go on like this.”
It is addressed to the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats – all three parties have made major NHS pledges in recent days.
Leading figures from the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives, the Alzheimer’s Society, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Faculty of Public Health are among those who have signed the letter.
Shake-up in how 5,500 vulnerable people in Norfolk get homecare on cards
Sue Whitaker, chairman of Norfolk County Council’s adult social care committee. Picture: Matthew Usher.
Dan Grimmer dan.grimmer@archant.co.uk
Monday, September 15, 2014
4:19 PM
The way up to 5,500 people in Norfolk get homecare could be set for a major shake-up, with council leaders warning the service needs “fundamental revision” as the county’s increasing population piles on further pressure
Proposed changes in how Norfolk County Council provides care to keep vulnerable people in their homes could see the contractors they commission paid according to results.
‘Cuts forcing English councils to limit social care’
95-year-old Cyril Gillam no longer gets home help visits
14 September 2014 Last updated at 03:44
Almost 90% of councils in England no longer offer social care to people whose needs are ranked low to moderate, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) has said.
The group is warning cuts are making the care system “unsustainable”.
The government says councils have been given an extra £1.1bn to help protect social care this year.
But charities say hundreds of thousands of people are struggling without help.
When someone applies for social care, their needs are determined as either critical, substantial, moderate or low.
In recent years the number of councils able to help those at the lower end of the scale has gone down as they struggle to balance their budgets.
