More than 50,000 dementia patients 'avoidably' admitted as emergencies due to cuts to social care, warns charity More than 50,000 people with dementia are ending up in hospital for emergency treatment every year as cuts to "threadbare" social care mean minor conditions are becoming life-threatening, a charity has warned.
Avoidable emergency admissions have increased by 70 per cent in the past five years, according to a report by the The Alzheimer's Society.
The increase coincides with a 40 per cent cut to local authority budgets since 2012, as part of the government's austerity measures. The Independent
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Avoidable emergency admissions have increased by 70 per cent in the past five years, according to a report by the The Alzheimer's Society.
The increase coincides with a 40 per cent cut to local authority budgets since 2012, as part of the government's austerity measures. The Independent
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