The 'care gap' between the social care that councils and the NHS provide to elderly and disabled people and what they actually need has grown to £66.4bn a year, the charity Counsel and Care has said.
The gap, equivalent to £25,000 for every disabled person over 65, is plugged through privately funded care services or informal care provided by friends and family.
The charity urged the government to press ahead with plans to rethink the system.
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An NHS trust has been forced to spot purchase beds after it pulled out of a contract with a care home ahead of criticism from the Care Quality Commission.
The Care Quality Commission is calling on the public to speak up about their experiences of care in the NHS, after new research showed millions of patients who had concerns never raised them.
Health secretary Matt Hancock will use his powers to commission more local system reviews from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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