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People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds

UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago, prompting concern that the population’s health is “going backwards”. The sharp decline in Britain’s healthy life

Healthy life expectancy gap between rich and poor has widened, study finds

declined. In 2022-2024, men in England in the least deprived areas had a healthy life expectancy at birth of 69.2 years on average and 14.4 years of ill health, while women had a predicted

Findings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating health

healthy life expectancy in most areas was below the current state pension age of 66 years,” the thinktank says. “This means that in most places, people on average spend some years in ill-health before

Health visitors call for limits on 'impossible' 1,000-family caseloads

life, unless it took urgent action to rebuild the workforce. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) says the government is "committed to strengthening health visiting services". Emma Dolan, a health visitor with Humber