Summit 2024 session: Future patterns of disease and health care

Is ill health and disability in older age inevitable? With a rapidly ageing population, many older people have multiple and complex conditions. In this session, Prof Sir Chris Whitty discusses future patterns of disease and how we might be able to improve quality of life for older adults over coming decades. Session at Nuffield Trust Summit, 7 March 2024.
Chair: Thea Stein, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust
Speaker: Prof Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, Department of Health and Social Care