The UK government’s ambition to add five years to healthy life expectancy as part of its agenda to “l(fā)evel up” poorer regions will take close to two centuries to achieve, according to research by the Health Foundation.
The finding by the London-based charity, shared with the Financial Times, shines a spotlight on the sharp decline in increases to life expectancy in the UK in the past decade.
It also highlights the need to better understand why these improvements tailed off after 2010, leaving the UK out of step with many comparable nations that have managed to maintain longevity gains.
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