For the worst-off in the UK, life expectancy has declined in the last decade
ony Bliar used to say “Things, are going to get better”! Things are most certainly going to get much, much worse. Krs Health and social care spending cuts linked to 120,000 excess deaths in England | BMJ Over 60s and care home residents most at risk; changes in nurse numbers may be key The squeeze on public finances since 2010 is linked to nearly 120,000 preventable
Since 2010 when the coalition government first put in place austerity policies, life expectancy has started to stagnate. And for the worst-off in the UK, life expectancy has declined in the last decade.
A decade ago, a landmark study of health inequalities in England was published by the Health Foundation, an independent health charity. Ten years later, a follow up has been published detailing how health outcomes have shifted in the intervening ten years.
The results paint a damning picture, where life expectancies are dropping, poverty is getting worse and more people are falling into ill health. Here are the numbers that explain the cost of austerity on our wellbeing.
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