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Time to end the secret subsidy

Far too many relatives are paying ‘top-ups’ for their loved ones’ residential care that should be met by councils, writes Andrew Kaye.

Fifteen minute ‘flying' care visits. Concerns about whether care workers are being paid the minimum wage. And now the Royal College of Nursing warns us that district nurses are a threatened species.

Is there ever a week that goes by where local authorities aren't taking some of the blame for problems in social care?

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