Discovering the positives in healthcare

For all the advances made in healthcare delivery it often seems that the public’s overall health is deteriorating as much as it is improving. For every gain we make we take two steps back.This week Jonathan Valabhji and Partha Kar highlight figures showing a rise in diabetes prevalence in the UK over the first two years of the covid pandemic (doi:10.1136/bmj.p910).1 A think tank points out that every UK government since 1992 has failed to tackle growing rates of obesity, despite having identified it as a major problem (doi:10.1136/bmj.p900).2 And a senior coroner warns of a lack of national leadership and funding to prevent more patients dying from anaphylaxis (doi:10.1136/bmj.p895).3In the wake of the deterioration of the UK’s health service over the past decade, John Launer describes his fears for the future (doi:10.1136/bmj.p901).4 “I’m scared of dying in pain, dehydrated and unattended, on a trolley in a hospital corridor,” he…
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