Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 10
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Developing a Government strategy for ageing and older people's rights is a crucial first step.
Conclusion
Evidence to us and our predecessor Committee emphasised the importance of joined-up and strategic work to tackle ageist attitudes and discrimination across society, including in access to healthcare, local services, banking and transport. While there is a very strong prima facie case for the appointment of a UK cross-government minister to take responsibility for developing and implementing policy and championing the rights of older people in these and wider areas, a more important first step is the development of a Government strategy for ageing and older people’s rights. Such a strategy could establish the case for, and guide, any new minister. (Conclusion, Paragraph 107)
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The government repeats the committee's conclusion that our growing aging population presents significant cross-departmental challenges and opportunities and that the lack of strategy is concerning.
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Government Response
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Our growing ageing population presents a range of significant cross- departmental challenges and opportunities, and there is a huge breadth of issues facing an increasingly diverse older population. The lack of a strategy within Government on how to respond to these issues is concerning. (Conclusion, Paragraph 106)
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