OAPS' CHAMP
Daily Record|May 02, 2023
MSP launches Bill to give Scotland's elderly a commissioner to stand up for their right's
PAUL HUTCHEON
OAPS' CHAMP

A DEDICATED Government "tsar" for older people in the wake of Covid has been demanded by Scottish Labour.

Children and young people have a standalone commissioner in Scotland, but there is no similar post for the elderly. This in spite of a commissioner existing in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Labour MSP Colin Smyth will launch a member's Bill today demanding a commissioner for older people.

He said the pandemic, during which thousands of residents in care homes died of Covid and other residents were prevented from seeing relatives, was a watershed moment.

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