Letters
Adult social care reform
Adult social care reform must include prevention
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r338 (Published 25 February 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r338
- Muir Gray, public health professional1,
- Yvalia Febrer, associate professor of social work2
- 1Live Longer Better, Oxford, UK
- 2Department of Social Work and Social Care, Kingston University London, Kingston on Thames, UK
The editorial emphasising that “adult social care reform cannot wait” covers the finance and policy issues clearly but fails to mention that it is essential—and possible—to reduce the need for social care by preventing problems such as falls, isolation, frailty, stroke, and dementia, which create the need.1
The science is now clear that the normal biological process of ageing is not …
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