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Austerity to blame for the fall in healthy life expectancy

Letters: Readers respond to the news that people in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago

The Guardian - UK

Healthy life expectancy falls in the UK – and the decline is worse among women

Healthy life expectancy in the UK – the years we can expect to live in good health – has fallen by more than two years over the past decade, according to a new Health Foundation analysis.

The Conversation

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

Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countries

The Guardian - UK

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

Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation

The Guardian - UK

Will Labour’s 10-year health plan usher in a ‘new era’ for the NHS in England?

Major health service reforms have had mixed results, and more emphasis on tech, community-based care and prevention has been tried before

The Guardian - UK

Social care needs minimum of £3.4bn to avoid decline, think tank warns

The Health Foundation called on the Government to ‘signal its commitment’ ahead of the upcoming spending review.

Evening Standard

GP access tops list of public’s NHS concerns, survey finds

The Government’s health service aims and the public’s priorities may be misaligned, the Health Foundation think tank found.

The Independent UK

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Third of people fear AI could lead to medics missing errors, poll suggests

The technology could play a ‘significant role’ in easing NHS pressure but ‘some remain unconvinced’, according to think tank The Health Foundation.

The Independent UK

NHS will need extra £38bn a year by 2030, thinktank warns

Health Foundation finds current spending plans for England insufficient and says difficult trade-offs are inevitable

The Guardian - UK

Record 3.7m workers in England will have major illness by 2040, study finds

Health Foundation report also predicts people in poorest areas will be three times more likely to die by the age of 70

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of foreign nurses a year leave UK to work abroad

Exclusive: Surge in nurses originally from outside EU moving overseas prompts concern Britain is a ‘staging post’ in their careers

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak ‘highly unlikely’ to meet promise to cut NHS waiting lists, warn health leaders

‘Sobering’ analysis suggests backlog will rise to 8 million next summer after a decade of underinvestment in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists ‘blown out of water’ as backlog set to soar

Latest figures show 500,000 more people are waiting to be seen since he made the key promise

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Additional 2.5 million people will have major illnesses by 2040, report says

At the age of 70, people will have an average of three long-term conditions, rising to more than five by the age of 85, researchers said.

The Guardian - UK

Seven in 10 people believe charges for NHS care are on the way

Exclusive: Poll finds large majority in UK think key principle of health service will be dropped in next decade

The Guardian - UK

‘The signs are too stark to ignore’: seven reasons the NHS is in crisis

As the NHS approaches its 75th anniversary, writers close to it reflect on the numbers behind its problems, and what it will take to heal the wounds

The Guardian - UK

Patients in England to be asked to use NHS app to book private hospitals

Proposal is part of government’s plan to reduce waiting lists, but experts say choice is already available

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The Independent UK

Younger people relying on ‘bank of mum and dad’ as cost of living soars – survey

Some of those in the lowest-income families have been skipping meals, the Resolution Foundation think tank report said.

The Independent UK

GPs in the UK have ‘lowest job satisfaction’ compared to medics in other countries, a report says

GPs are stressed out and burnt out – and many are considering leaving their jobs

The Independent UK

GPs in the UK ‘have higher stress levels’ than medics in other countries

Just a decade earlier UK GPs were among the most satisfied of any country, a report said.

Daily Mirror

'Therese Coffey says "work more" - but many disabled people don’t have that option'

Thérèse Coffey is wrong that people simply need to 'work more hours' in order to boost their incomes, Disabled Britain guest editor and columnist for the Mirror, Rachel Charlton-Dailey, says

Daily Mirror

All the under-performing GP surgeries in England ranked - see if yours is on the list

A total of 51 GPs surgeries were deemed "inadequate" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England

The Guardian - UK

Just 10% of Britons think ministers have right policies on NHS, study shows

Ipsos poll also shows strong public support for founding principles of universal healthcare based on taxation

The Independent UK

Public support for Government’s handling of the NHS in England falls to new low

Fewer than one in 10 people in England agree that the UK Government has the right policies for the health service, a new poll suggests.

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