It looks like whatever the Welsh government has been able to decide in spending cuts has delayed the effects in Wales, but as in 2023 news outlined, *”[Sooner or later, if you stretch the elastic out every year, something goes ping – and I think we’re reaching that point](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67462531)”*
Weirdly, this article highlights devolution in a good light, but it isn’t written as such.
You fix social care you fix the NHS
Every thread about A&E being full, ambulances queued outside, no beds in the hospital it’s the same thing
We cannot discharge people from hospital because they come in from unsafe environments and we can’t put them back into them so they spend weeks to months fit for discharge in a bed that should have an unwell person in it
If social care can be sorted and we can get people moving through the system quicker then half the issues with the NHS are sorted (including how much of primary care appointments and time are taken up with social issues)
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This reads strange
Social care is the main expense of a council, and every other area has faced cuts, this is the canary in the coal mine.
Devolution has meant councils in Wales were protected in Wales, somewhat, from bankruptcy. England started announcing these troubles in 2016, and in [2018, Northamptonshire Council](https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/economic-growth/regional-development/2024/01/council-bankruptcy-tracker-local-government-authorities-finances) issued a section 114 notice. Effectively declaring bankruptcy.
It looks like whatever the Welsh government has been able to decide in spending cuts has delayed the effects in Wales, but as in 2023 news outlined, *”[Sooner or later, if you stretch the elastic out every year, something goes ping – and I think we’re reaching that point](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67462531)”*
Weirdly, this article highlights devolution in a good light, but it isn’t written as such.
You fix social care you fix the NHS
Every thread about A&E being full, ambulances queued outside, no beds in the hospital it’s the same thing
We cannot discharge people from hospital because they come in from unsafe environments and we can’t put them back into them so they spend weeks to months fit for discharge in a bed that should have an unwell person in it
If social care can be sorted and we can get people moving through the system quicker then half the issues with the NHS are sorted (including how much of primary care appointments and time are taken up with social issues)
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