Cuts to social care budgets in local government are putting extra pressure on NHS services, according to over 80% of heath service finance directors who responded to a King’s Fund poll.
Flagship government plans to implement a £72,000 cap on an individual’s lifetime care costs are to be delayed for four years due to spending reductions, it has been announced today.
Three-quarters of outgoing MPs support the ringfencing of adult social care funding in the next parliament, a poll by the Local Government Association has found.
