UK lagging in public health
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce plans today to save 30,000 lives in the coming seven years as new research reveals 'shocking' levels of premature death in comparison with other European and developed countries.
UK life expectancy increases to 79.9 years
Life expectancy in the UK increased by 4.2 years from 1990 to 2010, to 79.9 years, according to new research published in the Lancet, however, improvements in the UK compare poorly to other countries.
The best results for the UK are for heart disease mortality - although it is still a top killer, the UK has seen the largest fall in mortality of any of the group of 19 comparable countries in the past twenty years.
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