Care homes need urgent support to survive and prevent the NHS being overwhelmed

Care homes need urgent support to survive and prevent the NHS being overwhelmed Yesterday Tory, Labour and Lib Dem MPs wrote to the Telegraph to warn that social care for adults faces a “perfect storm”. The finances of care homes depend on a low rate of vacancies, yet some homes face vacancy rates of up to 30 per cent. Covid-19 has not only led to thousands of deaths in homes, each one a tragedy, but also reduced the number of people who wish to take up a care home place. The Daily Telegraph