More evidence of the impact that underfunding #SocialCare continues to have on healthcare.

"The shocking situation is that we have more people requesting help from councils, more older and disabled with complex needs, yet social care capacity has reduced and we have 50,000 fewer paid carers,”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/13/hospital-beds-england-occupied-patients-fit-discharge?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Up to one in three English hospital beds occupied by patients fit for discharge

Exclusive: Acute lack of social care means people are not able to leave, often causing their health to worsen

The Guardian