{"id":365785,"date":"2026-07-30T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-reality-for-carers-exhausted-by-englands-unfair-social-care-system\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:00:06","slug":"the-reality-for-carers-exhausted-by-englands-unfair-social-care-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-reality-for-carers-exhausted-by-englands-unfair-social-care-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The reality for carers &#8216;exhausted&#8217; by England&#8217;s &#8216;unfair&#8217; social care system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vB13TGsV-_4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The reality for carers 'exhausted' by England's 'unfair' social care system\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vB13TGsV-_4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>With an estimated two million adults not having their needs met, one in six adults doing unpaid care, and costs increasingly falling on families, the challenge of fixing social care is as big as they get.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Andy Burnham wants a national care service with better pay for staff and he warned that paying for it will involve &quot;difficult decisions&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 4 News spoke to Pat Gauge, whose husband Geoff has Parkinson&#8217;s disease. At 80, she is his full-time carer. She says she feels &quot;exhausted&quot; but that she would have to sell their house for Geoff to go into a care home.<\/p>\n<p>#SocialCare #AndyBurnham #Labour #UKPolitics #Channel4News #C4News<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an estimated two million adults not having their needs met, one in six adults doing unpaid care, and costs increasingly falling on families, the challenge of fixing social care is as big as they get. 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