15 September 2016
Commenting on The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust's report on social care, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor said:
Our investigations have uncovered that older patients often fall through the cracks between health and social care when discharged from hospital, causing them and their families untold distress and suffering.
'The issues of funding and lack of integration between health and social care need to be addressed so that older people get the support they so desperately need.'