health - "government"

The head of the government's drugs advisory body accuses pharmaceutical companies of driving up the price of medicine.

Responding to the Saga study which shows that people are underestimating the cost of care, Lizzie McLennan, Senior Policy Officer for Social Care at Help the Aged, says: 'The full reality of care on the ground is clearly misunderstood - by the government, older people and their families. We can't afford to live in a society where it is just assumed that families will step in to cover the gaps in paying for care for older people.