Ian Swales welcomes extra social care funding that means better help at home for people in Redcar and Cleveland  

Ian Swales welcomes extra social care funding that means better help at home for people in Redcar and Cleveland An extra £453,241 for social care in Redcar and Cleveland will mean people can leave hospital earlier and receive better care at home. This comes from an extra £150m announced by the Coalition Government this week to be spent on shortening hospital stays across the country during the busy winter period. Thanks to the Liberal Democrats, the cash can be used to access various preventative services such as better home care support, crisis response teams and specialist equipment for people in Redcar and Cleveland. This is on top of the £648m already given to Primary Care Trusts this financial year to support social care services, and the cash is due to savings made in the Department of Health's budget. Commenting, Ian Swales said: "At this time of year it is of particular...