UK Healthy Life Expectancy Drops By Two Years

“Analysis by the Health Foundation shows what's known as healthy life expectancy has fallen by around two years in a decade to 60.7 years.”

“Our healthy life expectancy is falling. It's booking a trend that's generally seen us living better for longer as time's gone on. This new analysis by the Health Foundation Think Tank shows that it's gone down by two years over the last decade.”

“and the Southeast bucking the trend. But about 90% of areas of the country now are healthy life expectancies below pensionable age. and about 10.”

“Almost all the areas of Britain have seen this decline, with the London and the Southeast bucking the trend. But about 90% of areas of the country now are healthy life expectancies below pensionable age.”

“women's healthy life expectancy fell more rapidly than men's did and it is an ongoing conversation about the worsening trend of women's health.”

“And we have tumbled over the last decade. So things are deteriorating more here. It's a big sign and I think quite a wake up call.”

“A report suggests people in the wealthiest parts of the UK can expect up to 20 more years of good health than those in the poorest areas.”

“Over the past decade, the healthy life expectancy, as in the number of years of healthy life you can expect to lead. Since 2016, I don't know if you can think of anything significant that happened in 2016 that was supposed to make all of our lives better.”

“The UK performing much worse than other countries. Over the past decade, the healthy life expectancy, as in the number of years of healthy life you can expect to lead. Since 2016, I don't know if you can think of anything significant that happened in 2016”

“one of Donald Trump's idiot sons joining in with this on on. issues. Well, why is healthy life expectancy going up in this city and going down everywhere else in the United Kingdom? And why is the United Kingdom going down when the rest of the world is going up except for the countries that are going down, which are not going down as far or as fast as us? And Brexit, listen, I don't actually think I have to apologise any more to people who voted for it and still don't realise the mistake that they made, because if you still don't realise the mistake that you made, you don't really deserve my a”

“So of course, the BBC are all over this today. Basically, if you live in the wealthiest area, you have 20 more years of good health expected in your life than if you live in a poorer area. So we don't talk about how long you live. That's also effective. But the years that you live with good health, but you've not got.”

“in the UK has fallen by around two years over the last decade. The Health Foundation think tank also says that those living in the wealthiest parts of the country can expect up to 20 more years of good health than those in the poorest.”

“UK healthy life expectancy has fallen about two years over the last decade to just under 61 for both men and women. There is some nuance to that. That's not life expected.”

“And healthy life expectancy in Britain has dropped by more than two years. I'll talk about that among other things to the Health Minister Stephen Kinneck.”

“People were no longer living longer by actually dying younger, something they should never be seen in our country as rich as the UK. People in the UK spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago prompting concern that the population's health is actually going backwards.”

“The number of years that people in the UK spending good health is falling. According to a new report, over the past decade, healthy life expectancy has dropped by around two years to just under 61 for both men and women.”