Hospitals struggle as social care crisis cancels out funding boost, NHS report says

The number of people stuck in hospital for more than three weeks has risen 15% on pre-Covid levelsStrike action and the social care crisis have left thousands more people trapped in hospital beds with nowhere to go while other patients struggle to access the care, nullifying an increase in funding and NHS staff, it has been reported.A damning internal review of NHS efficiency carried out last year has reportedly revealed that, despite a £20bn increase in funding since 2018 and 15% more doc