Tory leadership: How much has social care been cut?
Speaking during a live BBC debate, Jeremy Hunt - one of the candidates to replace Theresa May as Conservative Party leader and prime minister - said:"I think, having been responsible for health and social care, that some of the cuts in social care did go too far."
That can be help at home with things like washing and dressing, taking medication and getting around, or full-time accommodation in a care home.In 2017-18, local authorities in England spent £21.3bn on social care, down from £22bn in 2010-11.Social care is a devolved matter so Mr Hunt was responsible only for England's care system.
There has also been more money going to councils' care budgets from the NHS as part of something called the Better Care Fund - a shared budget between the health service and local authorities designed to decrease the number of elderly people staying in hospital unnecessarily due to a lack of care waiting for them at home.
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