Age discrimination law delay slammed
12 November 2008
A delay until at least 2010 to legislate against age discrimination in health and social care is "bitterly disappointing", a leading charity has said.
Help the Aged criticised plans to set up an advisory group looking into issues around discrimination after the Government said its work would take 18 months to complete.
It said ministers must not be seen to "kick the equal rights of older people into the long grass" by delaying any new regulations.
Kate Jopling of Help the Aged said: "For older people this delay means at least another 18 months sitting in doctors surgeries and hospitals, risking being denied medical treatment purely because of their age.
"When it comes to health and social care services, in the worst cases, age discrimination can literally mean the difference between life and death."The Government must reconsider this timetable and introduce the regulations for health and social care without delay. Older people cannot and should not have to wait a second longer to be treated as equals.
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SOURCE: The Press Association
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