A campaigning Jesmond widower whose wife died this year has hit out the Government halving its plans to invest in social care, calling it a "slap in the face"
Bill Wilson went through a heartbreaking years-long fight to get his wife Dr Jo Wilson a social care placement after she was diagnosed with dementia. Jo died earlier this year, but Bill remains a passionate advocate for radically overhauling the social care system.
He has spoken out following news the Government has reneged on a previous pledge to invest at least £500 million to “transform the way we support the social care workforce". Instead, this week, the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed this figure will be £250 million.
