England suffers ‘unprecedented’ drop in health after a decade of austerity
Most deprived areas of the northeast saw the largest falls in life expectancy, writes Shaun Lintern
A decade of austerity has widened health inequalities in the UK with people living in poor health for longer and life expectancy stalling for the first time in a century, a new report has concluded.
Ten years after publishing a landmark report for the Labour government into health inequalities Professor Sir Michael Marmot has re-examined the evidence and delivered a bleak assessment of modern day Britain.
According to the report, for the poorest 10 per cent of women, life expectancy actually fell between 2010-12 and 2016-18 while child poverty increased to 22 per cent, compared 10 per cent in Norway, Iceland and The Netherlands.
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