The ageing population

The population is ageing quickly: more people living to acquire chronic conditions and frailty The older population in England is going to grow substantially over the next 7 to 15 years.The NHS and Local Authorities are not coping now, so will be overwhelmed if the...

The growing incidence of chronic illness

The number of people living with chronic illness is growing rapidly The number of people in England, living with one or more clinical long-term conditions, is going to grow substantially over the next 7 to 15 years. The NHS and Local Authorities are not coping now, so...

Life expectancy by economic decile

There are huge inequalities in healthy life expectancy Women living in the most deprived parts of England live 10% fewer years than women in the least deprived areas.They also live 69% more of their years in ill-health. Similar data exists for men. Preventive care has...

Ill-health impacting on economic activity

Ill-health has increasingly become the main reason for economic activity 150,000 people aged 50 to 69 years old were economically inactive for health reasons in late 2022. Other data indicates a further 500,000 people aged 16 to 49 years old who are inactive because...