Key points from article :
People are living longer but many of these extra years are spent in poor health.
House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology report - new meds & drug repurposing to delay/reverse onset of age-related diseases.
AI, robotics and data driven technologies promise to deliver better support as we get older.
Uptake of current technologies hasn’t increased - promoting their adoption is a good first step.
Big differences exist in healthy life expectancy between ethnic groups.
People from the most deprived groups spend almost 20 years longer in poor health than the least deprived.
The priority for both public health and economic policy interventions need to be those living in deprivation.
Govt adopted Ageing Society Grand Challenge - ensures 5 extra years of healthy life by 2035.
Government needs to set out a clear roadmap on how to achieve the target.
Reducing health inequalities, poverty reduction should be at the heart of this roadmap.
