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Examples of people who may lack capacity include those with: dementia. a severe learning disability. a brain injury. a mental health condition. a stroke. unconsciousness caused by an anaesthetic or a sudden accident.
Aug 13, 2024 · This article explains: how the MCA could affect you; how you can plan ahead now in case you cannot make your own decisions in the future; how you are protected if you are unable to make a decision...
To a large extent, factors such as where we live, the state of our environment, genetics, our income and education level, and our relationships with friends and family all have considerable impacts on health, whereas the more commonly considered factors such as access and use of health care services often have less of an impact.
- The determinants of health include: the social and economic environment, the physical environment, and the person’s individual characteristics and...
- An evidence base about the impact that projects, programmes and policies have had on health is required to carry out health impact assessment (HIA)...
- Evidence of health impact focus on: Accidents between motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians (particularly children and young people). Pollution...
- Agricultural production issues and manufacturing Tobacco farming and its impact on heart disease, stroke, certain cancers and chronic respiratory d...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on: Improvements in housing and improved mental health and general health The possibility of improved housing lead...
- Evidence of health impacts focuses on environmental and social determinants related to: the transmission of agents of infectious disease from human...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on health hazards such as: Fossil fuels Biomass fuels Hydropower and their impact on vector borne diseases, and po...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on industrial sectors such as: Asbestos and man made fibres Basic chemicals Cement, glass and ceramics Electronics...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on topics such as: Urban housing problems City environment and non-communicable diseases Communicable diseases Roa...
Dec 18, 2023 · Covid-19 has widened health inequalities in England by disproportionately affecting those already experiencing health inequalities, such as those living in the most deprived areas and people from ethnic minority backgrounds. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, life expectancy in England fell in 2020 for the first time since 2000.
- Life expectancy is stalling and health inequalities are widening. After a century of increases, the decade prior to the COVID-19 pandemic saw improvements in life expectancy among the UK population stall.8 For some, these improvements went into reverse: between 2010–12 and 2016–18, life expectancy among women living in the most deprived 10% of areas of England fell, with the largest decreases in the North East.9.
- Key risk factors are driving a significant and unequal burden of preventable ill health and premature death. Smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol use are the leading risk factors of preventable ill health and mortality in the UK.27 All of these risk factors are socially patterned and have multiple causes, including structural social and economic conditions.28 For example, people’s ability to adopt healthy behaviours is strongly shaped by the resources they have to buy food, the kind of work they do, the shops in their local communities and whether there are safe and accessible spaces to play and exercise.29 Commercial influences matter too – for instance, in shaping the expense and availability of unhealthy food, alcohol, and tobacco, and how they are advertised and promoted.30 Exposure to these risk factors can be influenced through national policy, like changes in prices and regulation.
- People are living for longer but with major health conditions. A mix of factors affect the number of people living in poor health, including changes in the prevalence of leading risk factors for ill health, social and economic conditions, the size and age of the population and more.
- Unmet need for NHS and social care services is substantial and increasing. While health needs are set to increase, the NHS and social care are already struggling to deliver care and support to people who need it.
not all diseases are preventable but a large proportion of deaths, particularly those from coronary heart disease and lung cancer, can be avoided. Health is not only about avoiding disease – diet, exercise, hydration and sleep are essential.
Mar 18, 2024 · Poverty has a significant impact on people’s health, their need for health care, and their use of health care services. That people in poverty experience worse health is bad for them, bad for the economy, and bad for the NHS.
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