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Almost all councils lack funding to meet adult care costs this winter, warn directors

Community Care

They interventions reflect mounting adult social care workforce shortages, with a 55,000 rise in vacancies and a 50,000 drop in filled posts in 2021-22 , and waiting lists for assessments, care packages and reviews. Williams added: “The £500m discharge fund will not solve this, when it is finally distributed – and it is urgently needed.

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Reinstate hospital social workers to improve discharge outcomes, PSWs urge Barclay

Community Care

The PSW network’s intervention comes on the back of the number of medically fit people awaiting discharge reaching 14,000 in early January – the highest level on record – due to a lack of social care, community health and other services to support them on their return home.

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