Older People's Strategy - Newcastle City Council

131What couldn’t be changed?Some of the issues raised fall outside the scope of this strategy.These included issues which will require changes to nationalpolicy or legislation such as pensions or the funding of longtermcare. A number of individual issues were raised whichwere brought to the attention of service providers, and wherepossible, individuals were signposted to services which canhelp them.Innovation and changeMany of the issues raised require significant commitment fromolder people and agencies to be innovative and creative inbringing about change in services for older people. This willtake time and will require us to be responsive to opportunitiesas they arise. This means that the strategy is not a staticdocument but will change over time. The action plan will beupdated every year and the strategy will be reviewed in detailby April 2010.