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Stars back dementia campaign

Sir Michael Parkinson, Fiona Phillips and Gordon Banks are supporting the national 'A Day to Remember' campaign, calling for the public not to delay talking about dementia.

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Burstow criticises government over pensioner care plan

Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow, a former health minister in the Coalition, has accused Chancellor George Osborne of blocking plans to solve the crisis in elderly care.

Burstow, writing in the Daily Telegraph, said the Treasury were "an obstacle" to plans drawn up by economist Andrew Dilnot last year.

“For the thousands of families navigating their way through an often complex and confusing care system reform cannot come soon enough.

“For too many, the experience is degrading, stripping them of their dignity and their assets. The longer Government delays, the more older people and their families will feel betrayed.

"The Treasury’s view is simple, kick the can down the road despite our rising elderly population. There’s no sense of urgency. No recognition that left unreformed there is no incentive for families to plan and prepare."

– Paul Burstow MP
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