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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Patrick Daly

NHS in danger of being buried under social care avalanche, Sir Ed Davey warns

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The NHS is in danger of being buried under a social care “avalanche” as patients struggle to find adequate care to allow them to leave hospital, according to the Liberal Democrats leader.

Sir Ed Davey is to say in a speech that two in five patients are unable to leave hospital when they are well enough as a result of a lack of available social care.

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