Wiltshire care system in 'worst winter ever known'

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Wiltshire's health system needs more care workers according to health leaders.

Wiltshire Council says the lack of clarity over social care funding makes it hard to plan a 'sustainable' systemHealth leaders in Wiltshire are warning pressures on NHS services won't improve unless more people start working in social care.

She said her profession has felt largely "ignored" in the discussion over the future of the health service - "after Covid, we were just like nothing," she added. Like many, Wiltshire's hospitals have been struggling with long ambulance handovers and delays in A and E, caused in part by a lack of beds available in wards.

 

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