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Nearly half a million older and disabled people who would have received social care five years ago have been cut completely out of the system, Sky News can reveal.
Nine out of 10 councils have withdrawn funded care from people with an "inability to carry out several personal care or domestic routines", according to a new study by the London School of Economics.
Academics say it would cost ?2.8bn a year to reinstate the care to this group who are judged to have "moderate" needs.
Even to maintain the current situation - in which the vast majority of councils only meet "substantial" and "critical" needs - would cost ?1.6bn because of the pressure of an ageing population, they add.
http://news.sky.com/story/1182779/social-care-half-a-million-cut-out-of-service
Nine out of 10 councils have withdrawn funded care from people with an "inability to carry out several personal care or domestic routines", according to a new study by the London School of Economics.
Academics say it would cost ?2.8bn a year to reinstate the care to this group who are judged to have "moderate" needs.
Even to maintain the current situation - in which the vast majority of councils only meet "substantial" and "critical" needs - would cost ?1.6bn because of the pressure of an ageing population, they add.
http://news.sky.com/story/1182779/social-care-half-a-million-cut-out-of-service