Things fall apart: The British Health Crisis 2010-2020
<p><strong>Background:</strong> A very large number of studies have reported a stalling of health improvements in the UK since 2010.</p> <p><strong>Sources of data:</strong> Almost all relevant data are produced by the Office for National Statistics and oth...
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Oxford University Press
2020
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| Summary: | <p><strong>Background:</strong> A very large number of studies have reported a stalling of health improvements in the UK since 2010.</p> <p><strong>Sources of data:</strong> Almost all relevant data are produced by the Office for National Statistics and other national statistical agencies.</p> <p><strong>Areas of agreement:</strong> There has been a dramatic slowdown in life expectancy and rise in infant mortality in the UK as a whole and England and Wales respectively.</p> <p><strong>Areas of controversy:</strong> Many commentators are loath to describe the falls in life expectancy as actual falls or to ascribe blame to the political situation in the UK.</p> <p><strong>Growing points:</strong> The UK may have become a sentinel state within Europe which illustrates the adverse effects of political disorganisation and disarray.</p> <p><strong>Areas timely for developing research:</strong> The excuses politicians used as they tried to avoid responsibility for the multiple crises and their effects need to be better understood. Did politicians mislead or did they simply not understand?</p> |
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