Daily Junction.mobi portal<p>But the Labour government must focus instead on the dangerous consequences of inaction. For-profit care homes are <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(24)00008-4/fulltext">putting residents’ safety at risk</a>, creating care deserts where services aren’t profitable and <a href="https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2019/nov/care-home-threatens-to-evict-patient-if-family-refused-to-pay-25-fee-increase">evicting patients</a> when they can’t afford fee increases.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/288740/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines --></p>
<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/benjamin-goodair-1393034">Benjamin Goodair</a>, Postdoctoral Researcher, Privatisation of Health and Social Care Services, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science-1219">London School of Economics and Political Science</a></em></span></p>
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