Hospitals treat 1,000 dementia patients a day because basic social care is so poor Poor social care has driven up emergency admissions of dementia sufferers to nearly 1,000 a day.
The number of dementia patients admitted to hospital in an emergency has soared by a third in four years, official NHS figures reveal.
Experts said many patients were ending up in hospital ‘in crisis’ as a result of basic failings in social care. The Daily Mail
The number of dementia patients admitted to hospital in an emergency has soared by a third in four years, official NHS figures reveal.
Experts said many patients were ending up in hospital ‘in crisis’ as a result of basic failings in social care. The Daily Mail
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