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SOCIAL CARE

More than £8bn needed to stop care 'deteriorating'

Sustainable planning for the care sector must replace short-term cash injections, The Health Foundation charity has said as it published projected costs for adult social care.

Sustainable planning for the care sector must replace short-term cash injections, The Health Foundation charity has said as it published projected costs for adult social care.

Analysis by the charity found that to meet demand in England an additional £8.3bn could be needed by 2032-33 while more comprehensive funding could total £18.4bn.

Director of research Anita Charlesworth said: ‘What is clear is that there is a big price tag just to stop quality and access to care deteriorating.

‘The fundamental problems facing England's social care system are the legacy of decades of political failure; with repeated short-term injections of cash to limit the immediate crisis but no long-term planning for the future.'

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