//A significant factor is the under funding of our care sector, by central government, //
Mikey, Blair and co tried throwing money at the problem and ended up with worse outcomes. It all went on so called tinpot managers and little money filtered down to patients. I worked for Consultants during that time and believe me they were tearing their hair our because these "managers" we're making clinical decisions and sideline clinicians. brown was only happy if he was creating government jobs (I seem to remember there were 100,000 during his first term.
My Mother died last week, having paid for her own care. The Nursing home she was in was 1,240 per week plus exras. Before she went into the Care Home She was spending hundreds a month for care at home.
The NHS needs reform, not money. There is huge waste. I went to a talk by Margaret Hodge at our local literary festival and she talked about her time on the Select Committee and spoke of the huge waste of money. This is just one example.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4327540/Sickening-waste-NHS-s-100million-properties.html