Heavy burden of social care

AROUND 330,000 people in England live in care homes, which is already more than three times the total number of hospital beds.

Rates of admission to residential and nursing homes in Sheffield are above the national average.

The Yorkshire Post revealed earlier this month that councils across the county were underpinning the billion-pound burden of adult social care by dipping into emergency reserves to the tune of almost £80m this year.

Councils across the region are dedicating chunks of their budgets to adult social care with one, North Yorkshire, spending 42 per cent of its total budget.