2004 press releases

Local MP Initiates Summit On Care For The Elderly

Lewes MP, Norman Baker, will be holding a summit in Lewes on Monday 8th March to discuss the issue of 'Care For The Elderly'.

The meeting, due to take place in Lewes, will address numerous, interrelated care issues such as the decline in the number of care homes, the scarcity of funding and qualified care staff, and the importance of providing support for carers.

It will be attended by representatives of a number of local organisations including:

• East Sussex County Council, Social Services
• local primary care trusts
• local hospitals and 
• care organisations

and is intended to encourage cooperation and dialogue between the many care providers.

Commenting on this Norman says:

"The provision of care for the elderly is an extremely important issue that I am often contacted about by constituents. Unfortunately the cases I hear of are all too often illustrative of the shortcomings of current care provisions.

"I am therefore holding this meeting in order to encourage a frank dialogue between the many groups that are involved with providing care and to try to find a way to improve delivery, particularly where responsibility crosses from one body to another as it frequently does. I hope that this promotion of dialogue and cooperation will go some way to making it easier for all of these agencies to work together more efficiently in order to provide a higher standard of care for elderly people."

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