Streeting's focus on social care

THE forthcoming plan to fix the NHS will see funds allocated to social care, the Health Secretary has suggested.

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Wes Streeting said spending NHS resources “more effectively though social care” will be better for patients and deliver better value for taxpayers.

At present, social care is most often paid for by councils, but thousands of people at any one time are stuck in NHS hospital beds even though they are fit to be discharged. This is because of delays in arranging social care in local communities, finding spaces in care homes, or difficulties in arranging other care.