Vulnerable elderly people are being unfairly forced to pay for health care, the new chairman of the House of Commons health committee says.Oops.
Stephen Dorrell said patients with conditions such as dementia used to get free care in NHS geriatric hospitals.
But the number of places has fallen by nearly 80% in the UK over the past 20 years - despite the ageing population...
But Mr Dorrell was speaking about a specific group of patients whom he believes the NHS has turned its back on.
Ignored
As well as dementia patients this includes people such as stroke victims and those with Parkinson's disease who struggle to get the NHS to pay for medical treatment they receive.
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Vulnerable elderly 'forced to pay for medical care'
"I am romantic about the NHS; I love it. All I need to do to rediscover the romance is to look at health care in my own country." Donald Berwick, MD, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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