Adult Social Care in Shropshire: Government Funding

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:27 pm on 22 January 2020.

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Photo of Philip Dunne Philip Dunne Conservative, Ludlow 4:27, 22 January 2020

I endorse what my right hon. Friend Mr Paterson has just said. In south Shropshire, the population of over-65s is currently 29%, compared with 19% of the population across the UK and 23% across the county, as he said, so the issue is particularly pressing in the south.

Today, there are twice as many people over the age of 90 as there were on the day when my hon. Friend Daniel Kawczynski and I were elected, nearly 15 years ago. However, it is not all gloom and doom about increasing demand, although that is a major problem. Shropshire is leading the way in this country in developing technologies to help cope with the growing pressure. I commend the Broseley project to him. It is one of the leading projects in the county, and in the country, trying to find technological solutions to keep people out of hospital or residential care. I encourage him to visit that project if he has not done so already.