Ladyman blunder as sector rounds on ‘banged-up’ ‘slur’

Health minister Stephen Ladyman has angered care providers by telling the Commons that old people are being ‘banged up’ in care homes unnecessarily.The minister’s comments, which have provoked a furious response from the sector, have echoes of similar comments made by former Health Secretary Alan Milburn a number of years ago.Ladyman was responding to a…