BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 00:18:00
System is broken. we have an estimated 160,000 vacancies in social care. we have tens of thousands of people waiting to be assessed. we have a sector where pay is extremely poor, where the quality of care that we can offer people is often very, very limited and not able to offer support to enable people to stay independent. we can only offer support when people have become incredibly fragile and vulnerable, and that is not a happy experience for people receiving care and for their loved ones, but it then has all sorts of knock—on effects. it has a knock—on effect on the health service, whe...