In April 2009, the then Secretary of State for Health asked Sir Ian Carruthers OBE (Chief Executive of NHS South West) and Jan Ormondroyd (Chief Executive of Bristol City Council) to consider what the new measures on age in the Equality Bill would mean for health and social care. The report of their review was published in October 2009 and made twenty-eight recommendations

DH published a consultation paper on 23 November 2009 which invited views on the review’s non-legislative recommendations and DH’s proposals for taking them forward. The consultation closed on 15 February 2010. DH also published an Impact Assessment and Equality Impact Assessment, and invited comments on these.  Four consultation events were held across England which provided an opportunity to discuss the proposals in the consultation paper.

Over two hundred people attended the consultation events, and around ninety written responses were made to the consultation paper. In general, the responses were supportive of the proposals.

The report can be downloaded below along with the impact assessment.

DH is grateful to all those who helped to develop thinking on how to take the proposals forward.

• Download Age equality in health and social care. A report on the consultation (PDF, 422K)
• Download A summary of the age equality in health and social care report on the consultation (PDF, 66K)
• Download Impact Assessment (PDF, 362K)

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsestoconsultations/DH_113733