Care system 'urgently needs reform', select committee says

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The public accounts committee calls for a comprehensive, cross-government reform plan for care by the end of this year.

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At the St Cecilia's Care Home in Scarborough the residents are outside with their carers, enjoying a performance from a mobile seaside organ."They start work at 7am, often don't go home until 8 in the evening, and spend all day on their feet looking after us. They're amazing," he said. In March the government announced that NHS will"receive £6.6bn in additional funding over the next six months to support the continuation of the NHS response to COVID-19, and the recovery of elective services.

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