England facing ‘changing health demands’

According to Public Health England, an ageing and increase in population mean that England’s health needs are changing and the NHS must adapt quickly.

Their research shows that the population in England is growing in size and people are living for longer, but not all are in good health, with dementia, obesity and mental health issues on the rise.

Public Health England’s director of health improvement Professor John Newton, said “The challenge now is for the NHS to respond to this changing landscape and to focus on preventing as well as treating the conditions which are causing the greatest disease burden across our nation.

“In many ways it needs to respond more quickly than any time in its history because the speed of the change in these data, in the epidemiology, is really quite remarkable.”

Chair of the Royal College of GPs Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, said “As this report shows, there are a number of reasons why some people are more likely to develop these conditions than others, including genetic predisposition and socio-economic factors, but there remains a clear connection between the quality of our patients’ lifestyle and their overall health.

“It’s so encouraging to see that smoking prevalence has dropped to just 15% over the last seven years, for example, but the chances of people developing illnesses like diabetes is still worryingly high and frequently is the result of poor diet and lack of exercise as well as genetic factors.”

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