The next decade will probably include supporting elderly parents
I was going to add that. Everyone should be prepared to look after their elders, after all the state might not be able to - at least to a reasonable standard, and if you look after them today you get a very generous £62.10/wk as reward.
Sorry, did I say generous?
Funny in how all the ins and outs of Brexit, nothing has been said as to how Brexit will help both our aging population and their carers, yet it's an absolutely massive and ticking time-bomb which politicians won't address, gets hidden by the press (too uncomfortable for the Tory press) and will eventually cost the country £b's in addition to today's costs, as age expectancy increases.
And the Brexit angle? Apart from the cost and the total lack of any poster-on-the-bus money (an argument done to death) I'm sure it's been of help to the NHS when our recently-retired have gone to live overseas (mainly France and Spain) as that alone would reduce pressure on the infrastructure here.
Although nothing's certain yet, chances are it will be far more difficult, and possibly expensive r/e health insurance, to up sticks and move to the EU after Brexit. How many will decide to stay - and how many will return? More stress and expense on the NHS.
Hopefully we can still recruit nurses, doctors and carers from the EU as we do today.
