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Much more will be done by the NHS to encourage house builders to think about ?future-proofing? homes to ensure people can live in them into extreme old age.
That was the message from health minister Dr Dan Poulter at a meeting called by Suffolk County Council to discuss how improving homes could reduce the number of people facing a care crisis as they get older.
Dr Poulter, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, joined the chairman of Suffolk?s Health and Wellbeing Board, Joanna Spicer, on the platform at a meeting called by the county to discuss how better housing could reduce the need for costly care.
He said the government?s care bill, which he is piloting through parliament as junior health minister, provided ?3.8billion for local authorities to work with the NHS and housing providers to ensure new homes would be suitable for the long term.
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/nhs_to_encourage_builders_to_make_homes_fit_for_elderly_1_3290036
That was the message from health minister Dr Dan Poulter at a meeting called by Suffolk County Council to discuss how improving homes could reduce the number of people facing a care crisis as they get older.
Dr Poulter, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, joined the chairman of Suffolk?s Health and Wellbeing Board, Joanna Spicer, on the platform at a meeting called by the county to discuss how better housing could reduce the need for costly care.
He said the government?s care bill, which he is piloting through parliament as junior health minister, provided ?3.8billion for local authorities to work with the NHS and housing providers to ensure new homes would be suitable for the long term.
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/nhs_to_encourage_builders_to_make_homes_fit_for_elderly_1_3290036