Integrate NHS and Social Care to get best care for elderly people

 Labour’s plans to integrate NHS and social care are the reforms we need to get the best care for elderly people and the best value for taxpayers’ money. 

Liz Kendall MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Care and Older People speaking about Monday night’s Panorama, “A Week in A&E: Condition Critical?”, said:

“Fewer elderly people are receiving the vital services that help them get up, washed, dressed and fed so they can stay living independently at home. 

“This isn’t good for them and it is a false economy too, as increasing numbers of frail elderly people are ending up in more expensive beds care when they don’t need to.

“Keith Willet rightly highlights the huge impact that the Government’s cuts to council care budgets have had. He also calls for more joined up services and support. Labour’s plans to integrate NHS and social care and the recommendations of Sir John Oldham’s Commission on Whole Person Care show the real reforms we need to get the best care for elderly people and the best value for taxpayers’ money.”