Response to the Mayor’s Draft Older People’s Strategy

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This report is the London Assembly’s response to the consultation draft of the Mayor of London’s Older People’s Strategy entitled: “Towards an older people’s strategy for London, a draft Mayoral strategy for consultation”, published in November 2005.

General comments:

• The Committee agreed that the various sections of the strategy should be better integrated throughout the document and linked to each other and to other relevant strategies. For example: health and well-being - the section on transport should also consider older people’s access to health services using public transport, and the health section should highlight references to the Mayor’s Food Strategy. The section on advice and advocacy should similarly be better integrated with other themes of the strategy, notably the pensions and income section.
• The Committee welcomes the objective of co-ordinating existing and proposed plans to make London a better place for older people. There is a clear need for an action plan to give the details of how the policies and proposals will be implemented and achieved, and the Committee looks forward to receiving this after the Strategy has been further refined.