General · 20 July 2026
Returning UK health to 2014 levels could grow economy by £57 billion
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Britain's economy could see a £57 billion increase, or 2% of GDP, if national health returns to 2014 levels, a new report says. The Health Foundation thinktank argues that the nation's health should be seen as an economic asset, not just a cost. Healthy life expectancy fell by two years in a decade, with 4 million more working-age people now having a long-term condition.
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