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Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

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This is the same as the allocation for 2024-25, made up of the 2.1bn improved BCF grant which can be used by councils to meet adult social care needs, help reduce pressures on the NHS and speed up hospital discharge and 0.5bn dedicated to supporting hospital discharge. This will rise from 28.53

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The legacy of Conservative rule for adult social care

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Photo: thodonal/Adobe Stock From March 2020 to April 2021, there were 27,179 more deaths than expected among care home residents, while there were 9,571 excess deaths reported among home care users over a similar timeframe ( source: the Health Foundation ).