article_snippet.sent: It means there are around 160,000 cancer sufferers in the UK left housebound by a lack of support.
article_snippet.sent: The shocking statistics were released by Labour as Labour attacked the 'crisis' in elderly care.
article_snippet.sent: Separate figures show three-quarters of councils are subjecting vulnerable pensioners to care visits lasting only 15 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Labour said Labour would end 'time-limited' 15-minute visits by changing the system of paying for care by taking into consideration all of a patient's health needs, rather than costing them separately.
article_snippet.sent: Separate figures were taken from a report by Macmillan cancer support which warned of sufferers left housebound, unable to wash or dress Separate figures – even at risk of soiling themselves – because of a lack of care.
article_snippet.sent: The Daily Mail has highlighted the scandal of hundreds of thousands of frail, elderly people facing 'clock-watch' care visits with The Daily Mail Dignity for the Elderly campaign.
article_snippet.sent: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is developing new commissioning standards which will discourage 15-minute visits.