Care workers to carry out NHS health checks under plans to fix social care crisis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "By reforming health and care services to work more closely together, patients won't be forced to repeat themselves over and over again, staff will be equipped to deliver the best possible care, and it will help to free up hospital beds.
58% : Vin Diwakar, the director of transformation at NHS England, said: "Research shows that digitising social care and linking up records enables people to live independently for longer and families to participate in caregiving, as well as releasing staff from time-consuming administrative tasks to free up more time to care.
51% : The Health Secretary said: "There is a revolution taking place in health and care technology, and this government is reforming social care so disabled and older people benefit from the latest cutting-edge tech.
49% : The state of social care is seen as partly responsible for the pressures on the NHS, because so many patients end up staying in hospital through lack of a suitable place in a care facility or at-home care.

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