Social care system 'beginning to collapse'

UK Homecare Association report suggests 9,000 carers per day are leaving their jobs

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Britain's system of social care is "beginning to collapse", according to the chairman of the UK Homecare Association, reports the BBC.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mike Pagdham said staff shortages and an ageing population would result in deteriorating levels of care.

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