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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Lack of NHS home care ‘forces 855,000 older people into English hospitals each year’

Elderly woman being helped by nurse
The report found hospitals in England admitted a total of 855,000 older people as an emergency during 2019/20. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Almost 900,000 older people are admitted to hospital in England every year as an emergency because the NHS is failing to keep them healthy at home, Age UK has warned.

A major lack of services outside hospitals means elderly people are also suffering avoidable harm, such as falls and urinary tract infections, the charity said.

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