Autumn Statement: Row as care funding omitted from measures

Health and social care leaders have condemned the chancellor's Autumn Statement for a missed opportunity to announce new investment.
There had been calls for more funding for council-run social care in England, amid concerns that limits to care were leaving patients stuck in hospitals.
But Labour's prediction of "looming chaos" was rejected by the chancellor.
Philip Hammond said a previously-announced NHS funding commitment was in line with what its leaders had wanted.
Cuts in social care funding in England have been blamed for a sharp increase in the number of patients stuck in... read more
24 November 2016 in
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