Age UK urges Gov't to ensure funding to treat 'youngest and oldest' of society
Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK said:
“Overstretched staff in councils and the NHS are trying to keep the health and care system going in the face of growing demand and static or shrinking resource. The pressures on social care are especially huge, as Simon Stevens, head of the NHS, has recently pointed out, and this is posing big problems for hospitals in the form of seriously delayed discharges of older patients.
"The Government should urgently look across the whole system to ensure the funding available is used to best effect and that there is sufficient funding to provide people of all ages - particularly the youngest and the oldest - with the treatment and support they need.'
