Birmingham Policy Commission Report

The Policy Commission on Healthy Ageing in the 21st Century heard from a wide range of individuals and from groups across academia, policy, and practice, and tried to represent the various views within its report. The report explores key questions around healthy ageing as well as considering how positive health and different expectations for “flourishing” in later life can be promoted. It is hoped that the report will contribute towards raising the voice and profile of older people.

• Read the report
• Read a summary of the Commission’s findings and recommendations

Read the full accounts of the Commission's thinking behind the findings and recommendations

The Report Launch

 The Commission Report was launched on 03 February 2014 in the House of Commons, with a panel discussion involving:

• Professor Steve Field - Healthy Ageing Commission Chair and Chief Inspector of Primary Care
• Professor Heather Draper - Professor of Bioethics and Academic lead for the Commission
• Professor Jean McHale - Professor of Healthcare Law and Academic lead for the Commission
• Lord Stewart Sutherland - Crossbench Peer and Chair of the 1999 Royal Commission on Long Term Care for Older People and Rt Hon Paul Burstow MP - APHG Co-Chair, as Chair of the panel