NHS care quality is set to worsen and people should take more responsibility for their own health, according to new research.
The study from PruHealth also found that a third (30%) of Britons want people to pay for their own ‘self-inflicted' health issues caused by smoking, alcohol abuse or being overweight. This is supported by 66% of respondents believing that the nation is unhealthier now than ten years ago while 69% thought people should take more responsibility for their own health. The private medical insurer (PMI) surveyed 2,019 Britons, of which two thirds (67%) of respondents expect the range and half (49%) the quality of NHS care to decline in the next few years. Half of those who replied said t...
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