The changing health needs of the UK population.
Aging
COVID-19
Cost of Illness
Delivery of Health Care
/ trends
Demography
/ trends
Healthcare Disparities
/ trends
Humans
Life Expectancy
Maternal-Child Health Services
Mental Health
Multimorbidity
/ trends
Oral Health
/ trends
State Medicine
/ organization & administration
United Kingdom
/ epidemiology
Journal
Lancet (London, England)
ISSN: 1474-547X
Titre abrégé: Lancet
Pays: England
ID NLM: 2985213R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
22 05 2021
22 05 2021
Historique:
received:
16
08
2019
revised:
22
11
2020
accepted:
07
01
2021
pubmed:
10
5
2021
medline:
29
5
2021
entrez:
9
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The demographics of the UK population are changing and so is the need for health care. In this Health Policy, we explore the current health of the population, the changing health needs, and future threats to health. Relative to other high-income countries, the UK is lagging on many health outcomes, such as life expectancy and infant mortality, and there is a growing burden of mental illness. Successes exist, such as the striking improvements in oral health, but inequalities in health persist as well. The growth of the ageing population relative to the working-age population, the rise of multimorbidity, and persistent health inequalities, particularly for preventable illness, are all issues that the National Health Service (NHS) will face in the years to come. Meeting the challenges of the future will require an increased focus on health promotion and disease prevention, involving a more concerted effort to understand and tackle the multiple social, environmental, and economic factors that lie at the heart of health inequalities. The immediate priority of the NHS will be to mitigate the wider and long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it must also strengthen its resilience to reduce the impact of other threats to health, such as the UK leaving the EU, climate change, and antimicrobial resistance.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33965065
pii: S0140-6736(21)00229-4
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00229-4
pmc: PMC9751760
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1979-1991Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests.
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