Every vulnerable elderly person in England will have a personal NHS
worker who will be responsible for co-ordinating all their heath and
care needs, the Heath Secretary Jeremy Hunt promises today.
Warning in an interview with The Independent that dementia
has replaced cancer as the biggest challenge facing the NHS, Mr Hunt
said that the NHS must entirely overhaul the way it looks after elderly
patients.
On Monday he will announce a review into all aspects of
later-life care that is expected to bring forward recommendations in
the autumn.
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