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collection service – at your request, the pharmacy collects a repeat prescription from your GP practice to save you the journey. Home delivery service – this may be combined with the above service and allows ... of 60 The following services are free when you reach the age of 60, regardless of your income or savings: NHS-funded sight tests14. NHS dental check-ups (also known as dental ‘examinations’). However
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Newquay showed a minimum 29 per cent reduction in the cost of hospital admissions and further cost savings across the health and social care system. A similar trend is being seen in initial data analysis ... have calculated that the cost of the trips is around £15, or £4 per hour, per client – a substantial saving on the cost of using a home care service. In addition the service provides additional benefits in
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patterns of health and social care at the end of life, Nuffield Trust, 2012 5.2. In terms of cost saving, the mean hospital activity costs per patient who received home nursing care were £610, versus £1
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accessible local transport networks become increasingly significant as people get older. 48% of pensioner households do not have access to a car compared to 26% of all households,6 and many older people ... integrated transport solutions.14 The 2015 Plan’s Impact Assessment states that around 48 percent of pensioner households do not have access to a car compared to 26 percent of all households, and highlights
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can be defined in various ways depending on the regulator but commonly includes those who are of pensionable age and disabled people. This is another area in which the PSR may benefit from sharing expertise
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Downs Health became an Age Positive champion and played a vital role in the Department for Work and Pension’s Age Positive campaign. By promoting good practices and highlighting the practical benefits of having ... services which best aid rehabilitation – age-appropriate health and social care support, housing and pensions advice, education and training – be made available to them, both in prison and following release
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aren’t eligible for Carers Allowance, which of course includes older carers in receipt of State Pension. We wanted to know how accessible support is for carers and how adequate the support that’s available
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spending cutsvi. This poor service is a particular problem for the 350,000, or 35 per cent of pensioner households in rural areas that have no access to a car or vanvii. To make the most of shrinking
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age-related criteria, without fear of retribution. Discrimination The Department for Work and Pensions’ Second survey of employers’ policies practices and preferences relating to age (SEPPP2) found that
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Office of National Statistics (2013) Labour Market Statistics Rhagfyr 2013. 4 Department of Work and Pensions. Older Workers Statistical Information Booklet 2012. 5 Llywodraeth Cymru (2014) Datganiad Hawliau ... hŷn mewn ysbytai yng Nghymru 21 Department for Work and Pensions (2013), Households Below Average Income 2011/12. 22 Department for Work and Pensions (2012), Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-up
