ADASS warns of £890m cut in care budget

摘要

England's councils will slash £890111 from the nation's social care budget throughout this financial year, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services' (ADASS) latest annual budget survey. Combined with last year's figures, the fresh cuts add up to a reduction of £i.8c)bn at a time when demographic pressures, and rising numbers of disabled patients, have stretched social care capacity, according to ADASS.