Social policy and devolution.

Authors :: Pollock, Allyson M
Source :: BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition). 02/10/2001, Vol. 322 Issue 7282, p311. 2p.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Editorial. Discusses the decision by the Scottish government regarding how long term medical care challenges the National Health Service (NHS) of Great Britain. Reasons why the Scottish Executive decided not to charge elderly people for personal and social care, and how the decision impacts one made by the United Kingdom's Westminster government; Details of the decision; How Scotland has the lowest life expectancy and highest all cause standardised mortality ratio in the U.K.