Health and Care Systems in the Era of Super Ageing

Various demographic, social and economic shifts across Europe and Asia have increased concern regarding the ability of these societies to provide sufficient quality and quantity care for their older citizens.  As both the UK and Japan continue to age, health and care systems will have to adapt to be able to afford health services.  To put it in context, in Japan in 2016 27.3% of the population were over 65 and, according to OECD figures, health care expenditure has risen from 6.3% of GDP in 1995 to 10.9% in 2015.  In the UK, 18.5% of population are currently over 65 and health care expenditure accounted for 9.8% of GDP in 2016.  How health and care systems adapt to cope with these challenges is a key issue in both the UK and Japan.

In this seminar, Dr Noriko Cable discussed the current status of the Japanese health and care system. She looked at the reforms which are taking place and explained what other changes, such as greater integration and a shift from cure to care, are necessary to create a health system which can deliver quality care at an affordable level.  Patrick Hall then looked at how changes in societies have created new social challenges, and the effects that these changes have had on the concept and provision of care and the composition of care systems.  He then discussed his work in comparing care regimes in the UK and what he thinks the British and Japanese systems can learn from one another.

A video of the talk can be found here:

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