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Adult social care market 'broken'

The adult social care market is ‘broken’ with services now bought at prices that are unsustainable, a damning report has warned.

By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2017

The adult social care market is ‘broken' with services now bought at prices that are unsustainable, a damning report has warned.

A study by the LGiU think-tank and care provider Mears Group this week concluded the care market was being ‘held together by hope and goodwill, but that can only hold for so long'. 

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