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Achieving age equality in health and social care
— a report to the Secretary of State for Health by Sir Ian Carruthers OBE and Jan Ormondroyd | | Author(s) | Ian Carruthers, Jan Ormondroyd |
| Corporate Author | Department of Health - DH |
| Publisher | Department of Health, London, October 2009 |
| Pages | 63 pp (Gateway ref: 12804) + 31 pp Annex |
| Source | Download from website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/... |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Health services ; Services ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | In April 2009, the Secretary of State for Health asked the authors to conduct a review of age discrimination in the health and social care sectors, to inform Ministerial decisions related to implementing the Equality Bill currently going through Parliament. This report is based on evidence, discussion and meetings with stakeholder organisations, which found that while many people of all ages received a good service, there were many examples of experiences of direct and indirect age discrimination. Particular recommendations are made on mental health, cancer and prevention programmes. On timing of implementation, the ban on age discrimination for health and social care services should come into force at the same time as for other sectors; the review has not identified any "specific exceptions" for removing parts of the service from the scope of the ban. Resource allocation issues are considered in terms of cost-effectiveness and QALYs (quality adjusted life years); little comment was received on charging in social care. As for shaping attitudes, behaviour, and organisational culture, and "seeing the person, not the age", training and professional standards are seen as critical in rooting out negative attitudes and narrow assumptions about age, but particularly about older people. The authors recommend that following publication of their review, the Government develops and consults on its response to the recommendations. Also available at the weblink (http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/... is an annex to this report, and links to four literature reviews on ageism and age discrimination in primary and community health, secondary health, mental health and social care services conducted by the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091027204 E |
| Classmark | B:TOB: L: I: TM2: 6OA |
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