Care for elderly and cutting costs are priority, says Andy Burnham - The Times... - The Diigo Meta page

• 17 Oct 09
  

  Kieran Lamb

  "The NHS must be “re-engineered” to cope with the demands of an ageing population, the Health Secretary has told The Times. Politicians would have to grow up over the issue of cutting hospital-based services and moving more care into the community.
  
  Andy Burnham said that care for the elderly, and tackling the unfair costs that force many families to sell their homes and use up their savings, should be the priority issue on which people vote at the general election next year. Taking care out of hospitals and closer to people’s homes would be central to this vision. "

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