Ageing population to cost NI health service £40m extra annually
NORTHERN Ireland’s ageing population is going to cost the health service an additional £40m every year, the Health Minister Edwin Poots has stated.
He was asked for his assessment of the effect that the ageing population will have on his Department’s annual expenditure up to 2015.
He replied: “Our ageing population presents a range of challenges to the Health and Social Care system in Northern Ireland.
“The latest assessment of the financial pressures associated with the ageing population indicates that an additional £40m each year will be required to meet this demand.”