State of Care report: time to end ‘scandalous’ unfair care

Disability charities have called for an end to the ‘scandalous gaps’ in the health and social care system as the latest State of Care report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights how much the system is buckling under enormous pressure. The State of Care report, which looks at the quality of care over the past year, found that the cost-of-living crisis and workforce pressures have escalated leading to unfair care. As local authority budgets have failed to keep pace with rising costs and the increase in the number of people needing care, there is the risk that people who