Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Ageing population
Underlying the pressures on the NHS is the simple fact that it must care for an ever-growing and increasingly aged population. The UK population has increased by 4 million in 10 years, to 64 million. Eleven million of us are now over the age of 65, a group which has been growing, and will continue to grow as a percentage of the population, as longevity increases. Elderly people are more likely to fall ill, and more likely to require both urgent and routine healthcare...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...we-experiencing-an-ae-crisis-now-9961468.html
Underlying the pressures on the NHS is the simple fact that it must care for an ever-growing and increasingly aged population. The UK population has increased by 4 million in 10 years, to 64 million. Eleven million of us are now over the age of 65, a group which has been growing, and will continue to grow as a percentage of the population, as longevity increases. Elderly people are more likely to fall ill, and more likely to require both urgent and routine healthcare...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...we-experiencing-an-ae-crisis-now-9961468.html