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Government launches national debate on the future of care and support

  • 12 May 2008
£31 million hi-tech home healthcare scheme begins Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Alan Johnson today launched an intense six month debate about the future shape of care and support services. A rapidly ageing population means that in 20 years’ time a quarter of the entire adult population will be over 65 and the number of people over 85 [...]