Health in England refers to the overall health of the population of England. Despite overall increases in life expectancy in England, the most deprived areas continue to see no change or a decrease in life expectancy.[1] The Blair Government instituted a comprehensive programme to reduce health inequalities in England between 1997 and 2010 focused on reducing geographical inequalities in life expectancy. It was targeted at the Spearhead areas - the 20% of local authorities with the worst health and deprivation indicators. This led to more NHS resources being directed to the most deprived areas. The strategy was associated with a decline in geographical inequalities in life expectancy, reversing a trend which had increased over a long period.[2] However, health inequalities still remain. In 2014 to 2016, the difference in life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas of England was 9.3 years for males and 7.3 years for females.[3]
- ^ "Health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, England: 2016 to 2018". Office for National Statistics. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Barr, Ben; Higgerson, James; Whitehead, Margaret (5 July 2017). "Investigating the impact of the English health inequalities strategy: time trend analysis". British Medical Journal. 358: j3310. doi:10.1136/bmj.j3310. PMC 5527348. PMID 28747304. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Health Profile for England:2018". Public Health England. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.