The NHS is lagging behind many comparable countries in terms of health outcomes, a study has found.
The research (pdf), published on Monday by The King’s Fund, found that while the taxpayer-funded healthcare system does well in shielding the ill from the financial impact, it performs worse in a number of important outcomes such as life expectancy and avoidable deaths.
Among a basket of 19 higher-income industrialised countries, British females’ life expectancy at birth was the second lowest, only ahead of the United States, between 2018 and 2020, the study shows.
British females’ life expectancy was between 82 to 84 years, while Japanese females were expected to live above 87….