Local Authority funding gap threatens social care services - King's Fund

The health-care think tank says this is despite additional funding announced in the recent Government Spending Review. In its paper, Social care funding and the NHS: an impending crisis?, The King's Fund calls for a single national settlement for health and social care and budgets to be brought together. A 27% cut in real terms for local government funding has left a £1bn spending gap which will result in knock-on effects for the NHS. The paper warns cuts to frontline social care services will cause more emergency admissions, delayed discharges and longer waiting times. Against...