Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 17 December 2018.
Kate Hollern
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of regional disparities on life expectancy.
Steve Brine
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
Public Health England has published ‘A review of recent trends in mortality in England’. This shows that life expectancy is as high as it has ever been in this country, but improvements have slowed down, and there remain differences in life expectancy between areas across the country. The review is available to view at the following link:
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