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Closed petition Debate funding for social care and the inequalities it poses to the NHS budget

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Iris Sibley is not alone. Yes this is an extreme case and is not the norm, but the notion of being stuck in a hospital bed (at a cost of £90,000-the equivalent to 90 weeks in a home) because social care cannot respond is not excuse for failing our older generation. We need a national discussion.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/06/woman-89-trapped-hospital-six-months-despite-fit-leave-iris-sibley

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