• NHS faces beds crisis as care homes stop taking patients from hospitals

    NHS faces beds crisis as care homes stop taking patients from hospitals
    Exclusive: Major staffing shortages mean many homes have stopped accept admissions from hospitalsThe NHS faces a mounting beds crisis as care homes suffering unprecedented staff shortages are forced to stop taking patients from hospitals, health and care leaders have warned.Ministers are desperately trying to free up space in the NHS to tackle a backlog of 5.6 million people – equivalent to almost 10% of people in England – awaiting treatment.But efforts to speed up the discharge of

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