title: Iain Carpenter.
abstract: Q: What's your assessment of the standard of health care for older people in the UK today? A: The UK is rightly judged to have generally high standards of care for older people and to be at least partially overcoming some of the issues of ageing. However, there may be a tendency for us to sit on our laurels and we need to look constantly at advances in other countries, as the 'ageing population' is a worldwide phenomenon that is putting pressure on health and social care resources.