>This has been the case for years: there are plenty of people who should not be discharged home to fend entirely on their own, but there's no social care in pla

>This has been the case for years: there are plenty of people who should not be discharged home to fend entirely on their own, but there's no social care in place to look after them, so they aren't discharged. This is also technically the responsibility of the local council rather than central government. Not to mention that local government had has its funding cut to the bone (and beyond, in many cases) over the last 12 years of Conservative government.