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The Independent UK
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NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’

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The millions spent by the Government on buying extra care home beds will not address the long-term root cause of the issues, a senior social care figure has said.

Ministers will spend up to £200 million buying thousands of extra care home beds to speed up the discharge of hospital patients and reduce the strain on hospitals.

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