“Current models of healthcare are becoming unsustainable all over the world, due to people living longer with chronic diseases, and new costly technologies being developed. The number of people needing care is set to quadruple by 2050, placing extreme demands in terms of costs and provision of care workers.
In Scotland, the government have estimated that if the current requirements for health services are extrapolated to meet this demand, they will need to open a new 300-bed hospital every three years, and by 2050 all school leavers would be needed by the caring professions.”
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George MacGinnis, Henry Rivera and Michael Dillon, InPharm, 25 October 2010
