Social care chief savages failing system for elderly

Chief inspector blames poor leadership and cuts as fresh figures show 150 abuse claims each dayThe chief inspector of adult social care has issued a damning judgment on standards in England, warning that a broken system is turning good people into bad carers.Huge cuts in funding in recent years, and a lack of political leadership in dealing with the realities of an ageing population, have left the social care sector under “stress and strain”, with demoralised carers working long hours in dif