LTC cuts could remove 100,000 beds in next decade - Bupa

The Bupa report suggests this reduction will lead to a bed-blocking crisis for the NHS, and a postcode lottery for aged care as shortages emerge across the country. It reveals that real-term spending cuts to care will reduce the number of care home beds by 81,000 over the coming decade while at the same time our ageing population is likely to see an additional 18,000 older people needing care. These two factors, it said, could result in almost 100,000 older people being left at home or admitted to hospitals - potentially occupying half of the NHS's beds. The provider has called for...