Ministers did not carry out a specific impact assessment on the withdrawal of the winter fuel payment from the bulk of pensioners, such as the potential effect on illness and death rates among older people, Downing Street has said.
But speaking to BBC One’s Breakfast programme on Thursday, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said no assessment had been done. Asked whether a report on the potential health impact of the policy was on his desk, he replied: “There’s no such report, and there’s no such report on my desk.”
Unfortunately the NHS will have to carry the can looking after pensioners that will suffer the consequences of this policy.
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