NHS chief says there is a real concern that the government will not deliver on social care promise

The chief executive of the NHS Confederation, Niall Dickson, has said that there is a real concern throughout the whole system that the government will not deliver on its social care funding promise. Speaking today he said that the lack of social care support is washing on to the health service with people stuck in hospital beds. The statement follows the weekend announcement that a coalition of 15 health organisations had come together to call on the government to create a sustainable social care system. Led by the NHS Confederation, the group warns that millions of vulnerable people are being deprived of the care and