The adult social care market is 'broken" with services now bought at prices that are unsustainable, a damning report has warned. A study by the LGiU think-tank and care provider Mears Group this week concluded the care market was being 'held together by hope and goodwill, but that can only hold for so long'. It calls for a long-term injection of cash into the market, asks councils to consider a minimum price for hourly homecare and urges an end to 'stop-gap' solutions from Whitehall.
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