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Sir Andrew Dilnot
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In this podcast on social care reform with Niall Dickson and Roy Lilley, Sir Andrew Dilnot, the former Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies pulls no punches when it comes to the missed opportunities of successive governments.
As the author of the definitive 2014 report on social care reform, he shows his frustration and dismay at this government’s failure to tackle a crisis that is now leaving millions of vulnerable older people without the support they need, and at the same time crippling the NHS. And Sir Andrew reveals how, if only Boris Johnson had remained Prime Minister for a little longer, serious reform could have been achieved. He points out that the extra demand for social care is a fantastic achievement created by longer lives but argues that there is a need for a change in public attitudes and for government to grow up and get on with it. If they don’t, he predicts they will not deal with the challenges facing the NHS.
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