New report on safeguarding health in old age

Councils must ensure that spending cuts and short term targets do not undermine long-term investment in the prevention of ill health in old age. Public health responses to an ageing society, published by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK), with the support of Sanofi Pasteur MSD, explores the extent to which England’s public health structures are able to respond to our ageing population after the radical reforms introduced by the Health and Social Care Act in 2012. Jonathan Scrutton, Senior Policy and Research Officer at ILC-UK, said “There is a huge invest-to-save argument. Early investment in preventing ill health