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  • People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds Denis Campbell Health policy editor
    Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is โ€˜going backwardsโ€™ compared with most other rich countriesFindings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating healthPeople in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago, prompting concern that the populationโ€™s health is โ€œgoing backwardsโ€.The sharp decline in Britainโ€™s healthy life expectancy, the amount of time someone spends free of illness or disability, is in sharp contrast to its recent rise in most other
     

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

27 April 2026 at 04:00

Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is โ€˜going backwardsโ€™ compared with most other rich countries

People in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago, prompting concern that the populationโ€™s health is โ€œgoing backwardsโ€.

The sharp decline in Britainโ€™s healthy life expectancy, the amount of time someone spends free of illness or disability, is in sharp contrast to its recent rise in most other rich countries globally.

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ยฉ Photograph: Martin Lee/Alamy

ยฉ Photograph: Martin Lee/Alamy

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