Claim: 87 people are dying a day waiting for care.
Fact-check: It's not certain that 87 people a day are dying waiting for care - Full Fact
Verdict: nhs data shows the equivalent of 88 requests a day for social care support from councils in england did not reach a conclusion as the requester died. there are a number of limitations to this data so we can't be sure how true this figure is.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2019-09-26T00:00:00