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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Hill

UK must move towards disease prevention to save economy and NHS, says expert

Three people stand behind protective screening while they wear PPE at a Covid testing centre
Health experts have suggested having places to check weight, blood pressure and cholesterol within the community, similar to Covid-era infrastructure. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

The creation of a “pre-NHS” focusing on preventive healthcare could unlock billionsfor the UK within two decades, according to the head of a taskforce investigating radical new improvements to the nation’s wellbeing.

Prof John Deanfield, the first-ever government champion for personalised prevention, has concluded that a parallel health service is required to save an NHS struggling to heal an increasingly unhealthy public.

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