Decaying hospitals in the UK are showcasing the government's failure to invest in the National Health Service (NHS). Despite increased funding and additional staff, hospitals struggle to treat more patients due to a social care crisis, leaving thousands stranded on wards.
The social care crisis is deepening. And it is impossible to correct the NHS crisis without addressing it, which ministers steadfastly refuse to do. https://t.co/ye3izYxaZ2
Hospitals struggle as social care crisis cancels out funding boost, NHS report says https://t.co/WcAARc69gC
Hospitals are struggling to treat more people despite higher funding and extra staff because thousands more patients are stranded on wards with nowhere to go, an internal review has concluded ⬇️ https://t.co/37GV2LGyTk
Decaying hospitals highlight government failure to invest in the NHS via @FT (failed to invest in anything, in fact. Why we need to focus on a broad national balance sheet aka comprehensive wealth) https://t.co/INuyYf26KV
Decaying hospitals highlight government failure to invest in the NHS https://t.co/jsQNUHveS1 | opinion