Social care budget cuts damaging the NHS, latest quarterly monitoring report finds

Social care budget cuts damaging the NHS, latest quarterly monitoring report finds This report examines the views of finance directors on the productivity challenge they face, as well as some key NHS performance data to see how the NHS is performing. Cuts in local authority social care budgets are adversely affecting health services, according to nearly 9 out of 10 (88 per cent) of NHS trust finance directors and 8 out of 10 (80 per cent) of clinical commissioning group finance leads surveyed for the report. The King's Fund

See also:

• Are we supporting or sacrificing NHS staff? The King's Fund
• Cutting social care budgets ‘devastating for individuals and puts more pressure on health services’ – RCN responds to King’s Fund quarterly report Royal College of Nursing
• Local authority cuts damaging NHS services, say CCGs GP Online