Tuesday 19 January 2016

NHS chief demands political consensus on funding elderly and social care

NHS chief demands political consensus on funding elderly and social care Simon Stevens says key to tackling the challenge of paying for care of ageing population is ‘intergenerational fairness’

Britain urgently needs a new political consensus on paying for elderly and social care, and the funding debate should consider the value of pensions and homes, the boss of the NHS has said.

Simon Stevens said one of the main questions in tackling the huge challenge of how to pay for and look after an ageing population was “intergenerational fairness”.Continue reading...  The Guardian

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