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The NHS is spending £75 billion a year treating people with long term conditions (LTCs) – accounting for £7 in every £10 spent by the health service – yet too many people are still not receiving the care they need, warns a new report by The Richmond Group, a coalition of 10 leading health and social care charities.
The report, Vital Signs: Taking the temperature of health and social care for services for people living with long term conditions, sets out how 15 million people[v] in England (1 in 4) live with at least one LTC today. It argues that the state of care is inconsistent and that not enough people are getting the care and support they need to live well.
With around 60 per cent saying their condition limits what they can do in their daily life[vi], LTCs are one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS. That LTCs currently account for 70 per cent of hospital bed days and half of all GP appointments[viii] is further evidence that the NHS urgently needs to put this right; and good care would not only improve and save lives but also save NHS money.
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News/1-in-6-say-quality-of-life-compromised-by-longterm-illness/
The report, Vital Signs: Taking the temperature of health and social care for services for people living with long term conditions, sets out how 15 million people[v] in England (1 in 4) live with at least one LTC today. It argues that the state of care is inconsistent and that not enough people are getting the care and support they need to live well.
With around 60 per cent saying their condition limits what they can do in their daily life[vi], LTCs are one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS. That LTCs currently account for 70 per cent of hospital bed days and half of all GP appointments[viii] is further evidence that the NHS urgently needs to put this right; and good care would not only improve and save lives but also save NHS money.
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News/1-in-6-say-quality-of-life-compromised-by-longterm-illness/