WE all know that A & E departments are under siege.
We can improve the situation by not going to A & E at the Royal Bolton Hospital with ailments we can treat ourselves or at our GP’s or pharmacy.
But, this will not stop beds being blocked by those in desperate need of social care at home.
It’s what happens at the sharp end when you knock billions off the social care services in local communities.
Now, the Government must put more money back into social care or, as the Red Cross warns, face a genuine UK humanitarian crisis.
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