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NHS bosses threatened Greenwich Council with auditors over social care cuts

853 exclusive: Healthcare chiefs threatened to call auditors in after accusing Greenwich Council of moving government money meant for social care into its general fund, an investigation for 853 has discovered. Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) raised worries that over £21m had been put into the social care budget and then taken out again under […]

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‘Smoke and mirrors’ hide cuts hitting Greenwich’s most vulnerable people

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Controversial cuts to adult social care in Greenwich have left some of the borough’s most vulnerable people worried about their futures – and raised questions about where government money is going. YOHANNES LOWE reports. As a former fitness instructor, exercise has always been important to Sarah*, but her daily walking routine gained special […]

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