A survey carried out for ITV News has found most care homes are not opening of indoor visits, despite government advice allowing them to do so.

Exclusive: Majority of care homes won’t reopen to indoor visitors

The survey shows the pressure and stress many have been forcing themselves through for weeks, in order to help the vulnerable.

More than 70% of carers think colleagues will die if they catch coronavirus

If numbers continue to fall it will become more difficult and more expensive to provide these services.

Age UK said the system needs more investment, with the average spend per adult on social care falling 13% between 2009/10 and 2016/17.

Health and social care workers face "fragmented services" and "unprecedented pressure", Jeremy Hunt admitted as he set out plans for reform.

As the funding crisis faced by local governments in England is laid bare, council chiefs tell ITV News of their dire financial situation.

With the NHS winter crisis at its "worst ever" and with the costs of social care spiralling, a Somerset community may have found a solution.

The system's chronic underfunding isn’t just about a lack of money - it shows how little we care for the vulnerable in society.

New figures reveal the scale of the issue which is costing the NHS millions and causing misery for people with dementia and their families.

At least 18,875 people received personal care visits of 15 minutes or less for support with intimate care in 2016/17.

The document reveals a public health system beleaguered by staff shortages and an increase in patient numbers.

Costs for the elderly could rise under the Tories as their manifesto plans to increase the number of people who pay for their social care.

One in 10 councils cut their spending on social care by more than a quarter

Social care standards are being driven down by a lack of adequate funding, MPs have warned.

Jeremy Corbyn asked Theresa May about the council's decision not to raise council tax by 15% but she denied there was a "conspiracy".