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Britain Unveils New Blueprint for Care of Older People

Wed, 03/28/2001 - 1:00am — Karen Stevenson
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The British Department of Health announced that a new National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People has been launched with the aim of improving care for older people and rooting out age discrimination. The NSF is being backed by 120 million over the next three years to refurbish old-style Nightingale wards, which have fallen below acceptable standards of care. Health secretary Alan Milburn said that the new investment, on top of the 1.4 billion unveiled for older people's services under The NHS Plan, will ensure that old people are treated with dignity and privacy. Professor Ian Philp has been appointed the National Director for Older People?s Services to drive forward these new standards.

The plan includes provisions for champions in each health and social care setting to ensure staff are properly able to care for older people; a process for monitoring access to health and social care services to make sure there is no age discrimination; additional services particularly important for older people, including 70,000 more cataract operations, 16,000 more hip and knee replacements; 3,000 more coronary revascularisations; new services to provide for expert treatment and care at home or in other residential settings; and a new emphasis on healthy living for older people.

The British Department of Health announced that a new National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People has been launched with the aim of improving care for older people and rooting out age discrimination. The NSF is being backed by 120 million over the next three years to refurbish old-style Nightingale wards, which have fallen below acceptable standards of care. Health secretary Alan Milburn said that the new investment, on top of the 1.4 billion unveiled for older people's services under The NHS Plan, will ensure that old people are treated with dignity and privacy. Professor Ian Philp has been appointed the National Director for Older People?s Services to drive forward these new standards.

The plan includes provisions for champions in each health and social care setting to ensure staff are properly able to care for older people; a process for monitoring access to health and social care services to make sure there is no age discrimination; additional services particularly important for older people, including 70,000 more cataract operations, 16,000 more hip and knee replacements; 3,000 more coronary revascularisations; new services to provide for expert treatment and care at home or in other residential settings; and a new emphasis on healthy living for older people.