I think resources are too stretched
"The NHS might be funded. There are parts of it where you pay bit, but the majority is funded. Social Care is not. Some of it, a very small portion is funded. But most people when they're going to care homes, they fund themselves. My mother pays £4,300 per month...read more
"I've now got something that works for me social care wise, but they wanted to charge me £200 a week for a basic wash. "
"There are people in the NHS who are wasting money on things that shouldn't be. That's the same in any organisation, but you seem to get a lot of bad eggs, and people not doing their jobs efficiently at all levels. "
"The NHS and social care are facing two major challenges at the present. One is money, lack of money, mismanagement of money, or the wastage of money. Number two is the lack of manpower."
"A friend of mine a bit younger than me, her husband has Parkinson's which has deteriorated quite badly recently. He has been in hospital. He's currently in a nursing home but is due to return home. That house she's in, that house is unsuitable. She’s falling a lot. She's not...read more
"I remember a lady who was in a care home, she was a retired teacher. She said she'd worked all her life and now had to sell her house. Whereas the person in the room next door said that she'd never done anything. And she doesn't have to sell her...read more
"About the free NHS... I really believe the country now needs quite a serious conversation about what that actually means. It's not free, we all pay for it. And, clearly, we need to pay more. "
