ResPublica, the indpendant thinktank, warns that the NHS faces a £3 billion bill as residential care homes shut their doors forcing hospitals to care for the elderly.

In The Care Collapse: The imminent crisis in residential care and its impact on the NHS, ResPublica says within 5 years residential care homes could lose a staggering 37, 000 beds meaning the NHS would have to find extra billions to care for those patients who are no longer in care and can’t go elsewhere.

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