Help The Aged Response To Reform Report On NHS, UK
' NHS reform: national mantra, not local reality', a report published by the think-tank Reform, compares the NHS with other countries.
Charlotte Potter, Senior Health Policy Officer at Help the Aged, said: 'Today's report shows that inequalities persist in access to and quality of healthcare.
'Despite many nurses and doctors working against the odds to give their best, older people are too often forced to suffer infringements in basic standards of care such as nutrition and privacy.
'Help the Aged are calling for an overhaul in the quality of treatment that older people receive so that they are guaranteed dignity in care.
'Many older people in a vulnerable position are neglected at a time when they need help the most.
'The government should also commission high quality services in those areas where older people are more likely to suffer from ill-health, such as falls prevention.'
More information on the report can be found at: http://www.reform.co.uk.
Help the Aged is the charity fighting to free disadvantaged older people in the UK and overseas from poverty, isolation, neglect and ageism. It campaigns to raise public awareness of the issues affecting older people and to bring about policy change. The Charity delivers a range of services: information and advice, home support and community living, including international development work. These are supported by its paid-for services and fundraising activities - which aim to increase funding in the future to respond to the growing unmet needs of disadvantaged older people. Help the Aged also funds vital research into the health issues and experiences of older people to improve the quality of later life.
Help the Aged urgently needs donations and support to help it in the increasingly challenging fight to free disadvantaged older people from poverty, isolation and neglect.
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