The NHS is desperate to cut beds and the time people stay in them. But many frail old patients must remain on the wards because there is no suitable care for them at home. In the second of three reports from Birmingham's busy Heartlands hospital, Amelia Gentleman spends a day in the packed elderly care unit
The chief executive of disability charity Scope tells Amelia Gentleman that the government's not listening
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Disability charities tell government that new medical test to assess eligibility for benefit will lead to vulnerable claimants losing out
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