The Times today is again quite rightly talking about the need for more social care funding, but like a broken record, I will carry on until somebody fixes me…
Yes, more money…. But more crucial is just a little more lateral thinking and co-operation between agencies and between the public and private care sector, this would will go a long way to solving the problem.
Recently I have yet again come across a prospective client being told by therapy staff that she can stay as long as she wants on the ward, no need to rush, despite my wonderful Live-In Carer being ready and more than able to look after her in her own home.
I’m not sure if this is the result of public sector staff being over suspicious of private sector providers, or whether there is, in fact (as I suspect) a disincentive within the system for patients to be discharged in a timely manner from the wards – this seems especially true in the community hospitals who, of course, are not counted in the weekly NHS SITREPS…
This case, by the way, has nothing to do with funding, so I ask again can anybody fix me..??
Here is the times article that got me thinking today:
How the Tories buried social care in Britain
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