Care Cuts Force Disabled To Live Off Biscuits

‘Disabled people are sleeping fully clothed in wheelchairs, surviving on biscuits and waiting 14 hours to use the toilet because of steep cuts to care services, a report revealed yesterday.

Social care is “crumbling” as a result of government funding neglect, research by charity Scope found, and the growing deficit is estimated to be at least £700 million a year.

Out of 500 people surveyed by Scope, 83 per cent who had their care hours cut said they did not get enough support from cash-starved councils to help with basic needs like washing and eating.

Scope chief executive Mark Atkinson said: “Our findings show the horrific consequences that disabled people face as a result of our collapsing social care system.’

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