Hospital discharges limiting home care in England, councils say | Social care | The Guardian

Preventative care losing funding to care packages needed to get people out of hospital

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/16/hospital-discharges-nhs-home-social-care-england-preventive-councils

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Ministers seek volunteer social care army to speed up hospital discharges | Social care | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/06/ministers-seek-volunteer-social-care-army-to-speed-up-hospital-discharges

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