Information & advice

This factsheet looks at the range of services available through NHS Direct‚ your local pharmacy‚ GP practice and other community based staff as well as ways in which you can have greater choice and involvement in your treatment and care.

Help that may be available towards travel costs to receive NHS services and towards cost of services for which a charge is made‚ such as NHS dental treatment‚ is also outlined.

The factsheet includes information on where to find out:

• GP services and out- of- hours care
• NHS services for people aged 60 and over
• Supporting people with long term conditions          
• Introduction of the electronic prescription service
• NHS cancer screening programme
• Standards of care and how they are monitored

This factsheet looks at NHS services from an older person’s perspective and will be useful to older people and their families.

It describes the situation in England. There are differences in the rules for funding care in Northern Ireland‚ Scotland and Wales. Readers living in these nations should contact their respective national Age Concern organisations for information specific to where they live.


Further information

Please download Factsheet 44 from the top right corner of this page for detailed information.

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