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Too many patients with long-term conditions are not getting the care they need from the NHS, concludes a major report published today by 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 paints a varied picture of the quality of care provided for the 15 million people in England (1 in 4) who live with at least one long-term condition.
The NHS spends around £75bn a year treating people with such conditions, which accounts for £7 in every £10 spent by the health service, says the report by The Richmond Group, a coalition of charities including Diabetes UK, Age UK, Macmillan Cancer Support, Asthma UK, British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association.
http://www.onmedica.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=94f61a31-c3da-46d8-9305-df75f2f4fadc
The report Vital Signs: Taking the temperature of health and social care for services for people living with long term conditions paints a varied picture of the quality of care provided for the 15 million people in England (1 in 4) who live with at least one long-term condition.
The NHS spends around £75bn a year treating people with such conditions, which accounts for £7 in every £10 spent by the health service, says the report by The Richmond Group, a coalition of charities including Diabetes UK, Age UK, Macmillan Cancer Support, Asthma UK, British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association.
http://www.onmedica.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=94f61a31-c3da-46d8-9305-df75f2f4fadc