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Care homes face ‘huge shortfall’ in available beds

Up to 3,000 older adults will not be able to get beds in UK care homes by the end of next year, research suggests. Research commissioned by BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme reveals a massive shortfall in the …

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Care Home Bed Loss

One in seven care home beds in Kirklees were lost last year despite an increasing demand for places, health chiefs have revealed. The district lost 258 out of some 1,750 beds in 2015, according to a report presented to Huddersfield …

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Accident And Emergency (A&E)

NHS accident and emergency departments have half as many senior doctors on duty at weekends compared with Monday to Friday, according to a major investigation which uncovers serious inadequacies in out-of-hours care. The new figures from across the health service …

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