Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeSocial care cuts are set to spark a steep rise in avoidable hospital admissions for dementia sufferers, a charity has warned. The Alzheimer’s Society said the stays had been rising before the pandemic and it expects this to get worse. The charity said there was a 27% spike in avoidable admissions from 60,023 to 76,369 between 2015 and 2019 across 45 trusts. To mark Dementia Action Week which runs until Sunday, the Alzheimer’s Society is releasing a TV advert calling on the Government to “cure the care system”. The charity said underfunding has led to a service “that’s deeply unfair” and the pandemic “exposed failings like never before”.

Source: Daily Mirror May 16, 2021 20:47 UTC