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Welcome to the National Health Report 2014 from Benenden Health.

study, of 4,000 adults across the UK, 6.5 This benchmarks the emotional and physical wellbeing of

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It also scores the respondents via eight different health indicators, which we’ve then compared to

3.5 established national health guidelines to measure how well people in the UK look after themselves.

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Today, 25% of all patients in England have a longterm health condition, accounting for 70% of total NHS spend, 50% of all GP appointments and 64% of all hospital outpatient appointments. Established to combat acute diseases such as tuberculosis BMI: and polio, the NHS is simply not designed to treat Average patients with modern, complex conditions.

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illnesses that even 20 years ago were fatal, the UK population appears to be doing everything in its power to make those extra years as unhealthy and miserable as possible. What is the point of living longer if you have little quality of life?

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