Healthy life expectancy falls in the UK – and the decline is worse among women

LittlePigPower/Shutterstock.com Healthy life expectancy in the UK – the years we can expect to live in good health – has fallen by more than two years over the past decade, according to a new Health Foundation analysis published. The decline has been larger for women than for men – a finding the report says raises […]

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Fining hospitals for medical misogyny won’t help women – it will hurt them

At the back of the queue. toodtuphoto/Shutterstock.com Hospitals that score poorly on feedback from female patients could soon see their budget cut under a plan unveiled in April by Wes Streeting, the UK’s health secretary. Branded “patient power payments”, the scheme would tie a slice of hospital income to women’s experiences of care, a measure […]

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