• Care crisis left my brother relying on the kindness of friends and volunteers | Letters

    Shelagh Young writes about her brother being left without care, and says that trying to hold local councils or the NHS to account feels futileYour excellent reporting on the social care funding crisis is sorely needed (Disabled care home residents evicted in charity’s dispute with councils, 25 November). Your article states correctly that council or NHS funders have a legal duty to provide care. But with care homes closing beds and care workers driven out by chronic low pay, this duty is a

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