Aged care waiting lists a ‘calculated denial of services’ that could be fatal, Senate inquiry warns
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#70ECY)
Greens-chaired inquiry says system should be demand driven despite Labor's dissenting view that this could cause unintended flow-on issues
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A Senate inquiry into the delayed aged care scheme has sounded the alarm on the potentially fatal consequences of what it has labelled a calculated denial" of services as more than 200,000 elderly Australians remain on waiting lists.
The majority report of the Greens-chaired inquiry, released on Wednesday, said the system should be demand-driven, as recommended by the aged care royal commission, instead of offering elderly Australians a limited number of places.
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