Tuesday 29 November 2016

Hammond facing growing Tory rebellion over social care crisis

Hammond facing growing Tory rebellion over social care crisis MPs dismayed issue was not addressed in autumn statement amid warnings there could be a tax credit-style rebellion

Philip Hammond, the chancellor, is coming under mounting pressure from Tory MPs to bring forward help for the NHS and social care services, amid dire warnings that council budget cuts are causing unsustainable problems.

A string of Conservatives have begun to express dismay that Hammond did not address the issue in his autumn statement. Their voices add to the senior doctors, council leaders from all parties, two Tory former health secretaries and the Labour frontbench, who are warning that increasingly hospitals are unable to discharge elderly patients as struggling social care services are not able to make appropriate arrangements. Continue reading... The Guardian

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