Calls for national care service as crisis leaves homes in critical state
by James Tapper from on (#553ZT)
Government urged to seize chance of reform, amid closure fears and claims NHS left some homes to fend for themselves
Senior care leaders are calling for urgent reform of the way Britain's elderly population is looked after with the creation of a new national service.
As care homes emerge from the worst of the first wave of the pandemic, bodies representing owners, staff, residents and their relatives have all urged Boris Johnson to deliver on the pledge to fix social care that he made on the steps of Downing Street after becoming prime minister 11 months ago.
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