The NHS faces growing pressure from an increasing disease burden including mental health disorders, and chronic conditions like heart disease and cancer. Tackling this complex landscape demands a paradigm shift in our approach to health strategy. It requires a new prevention ecosystem, focused on interventions that extend healthy life span and prevent prolonged periods of illness before they occur.
This new prevention ecosystem would deliver benefits in terms of increased healthy life expectancy, reduced health inequalities, delayed citizen entry into the healthcare system, and a more resilient, prosperous, and productive workforce.
The ecosystem relies on three principles:
Our vision for a new ecosystem of health promotion and protection is ambitious. It focuses on achieving longer, healthier lifespans, not simply on avoiding disease altogether. Realising this vision will require a bold paradigm shift. Read the report to learn more.
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