HC Deb 18 June 2002 vol 387 c233W
28. Mrs. Brooke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to tackle age discrimination in the health service. [59149]

Jacqui Smith

The National Service Framework for Older People, published in March 2001, sets the elimination of age discrimination in accessing national health service or social care as a priority. To help achieve this, it provides a programme of actions and milestones to be achieved over the next 10 years.