sir michael marmot points at the rate of increase being halved since 2010.torically, life expectancy at birth has risen by one yearfor every five years for women and one year every 3.5for every five years for women and one year every 3.5 for men. since 2010, however, that has slowed to one year for every ten for women and one for every six for men. sir michael says the situation needs to be urgently looked at. this is historically highly unusual because over a long period of time, for 100 years, life expectancy has been improving, year on year. in britain as it has in many, on year. in britain as it has in any, on year. in britain as it has in many, many, many, many other countries. and now it has slowed, it is almost flat. which means that we have fallen behind some of the healthier countries. that's terrible. he says it's not possible to say exactly what caused it but he says austerity could be a factor and funding the nhs and social credit in particular had been miserly —— social care. dementia may have also played a role. the department of health say it

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase, which has beens, has halved since 2010. he says it is entirely possible that austerity is affecting how long people live, but the government says its policies aren't responsible, as sara smith explains. for years, we have been getting, well, older. for a for years, we have been getting, well, older. fora century, average life expectancy has been rising. in england, it is now 83 for women and 73 for men. but the author of a study at the institute for health equity says he is deeply concerned that increases have now levelled off and while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health and social care spending could be contributing. miserly health and social care spending could be contributingm is entirely possible and i think it is entirely possible and i think it is urgent that we try and sort that out, but we try and work out if it has, and if it has, it is one more argument why we should be more generous in our social expenditure if we want to address the quality of life of

with me is the author of the report, professor sir michael marmot. he is director of health equity.ing in. why do you think it has ground to a halt, effectively? firstly, one of the components is mortality and one of the big components of that is the increase in dementia. why that has happened is less clear. i am concerned that, for example, spending on social care, adult social care, has gone down by more than 6% since 2009—10. at a time when the population over 65 has gone up when the population over 65 has gone up by when the population over 65 has gone up by one sixth. i am also concerned that health care spending is rising much lower than the historical rate and nhs expenditure increased about 3.8% from the late 1970s on bug from 2010 on, it increased at only 1.1% and the per capita spend on health ca re and the per capita spend on health care has actually gone down this year. a decrease in social care spending, in health care spending, clearly is going to make quality of life for older people worse, particularly those with dementia. obviously, there is a tempting and easy conc

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sir michael marmot, who has advised both the government and world health organization, points out thatalved since 2010. historically, life expectancy at birth has risen by one year for every five years for women and one year every 3.5 for men. since 2010, however, that has slowed to one year for every ten for women and one for every six for men. sir michael says the situation needs to be urgently looked at. this is historically highly unusual because over a long period of time, for 100 years, life expectancy has been improving, year on year in britain as it has in many, many, many, many other countries. and now it has slowed, is almost flat, which means that we've fallen behind some of the healthier countries. he says it's not possible to say exactly what had caused it but he says austerity could be a factor and funding for the nhs and social care in particular had been miserly. dementia is also likely to have played a role. the department of health says it's providing funding to ensure life expectancy continues to rise and the ageing population is well cared for. there should be stron

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase — which has beens it is entirely possible that austerity is affecting how long people live, but the government says its policies aren't responsible, as sara smith explains. while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health—care spending could be contributing. it's entirely possible and it is urgent that we sorted out. we need to work out if it has and if it has, then it's one more argument as to why we should be so more argument as to why we should be so much more more argument as to why we should be so much more generous more argument as to why we should be so much more generous in our expenditure, to embrace the quality—of—life for older people, and if we want to address inequalities in health of all ages. for every five—year slater you were born you would expect a longer life span, it used to be 3.5 years the men, but since 2010, it only increases every ten years for women and every six years for men. care for the elderly was pressing because those with dementia would ne

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase — which has beenaren't responsible, as sara smith explains. for years, we've been getting, well, older. for a century, average life expectancy has been rising. in england, now 83 for women, 79 for men. but the author of a study at the institute of health equity says he is deeply concerned that increases are now levelled off. and that while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health and social care spending could be contributing. it's entirely possible and i think it's an urgent that we try and sort that out, that they try and work out if it has and if it has, it is yet one more argument why we should be more generous in our social expenditure, if we want to address the quality of life of older people and if we want to address inequalities in health at all pages. historically, for every 5 years later you were born, you'd expect a year longer life span. it was 3.5 years for men. but since 2010, life expectancy has increased a year every ten years for women and every six for

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase — which has beennce 2010. he says it is entirely possible that austerity is affecting how long people live, but the government says its policies aren't responsible, as sara smith explains. for years, we've been getting, well, older. for a century, average life expectancy has been rising. in england, it is now 83 for women, 79 for men. but the author of a study at the institute of health equity says he is deeply concerned that increases are now levelled off. and that while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health and social care spending could be contributing. it's entirely possible and i think it's an urgent that we try and sort that out, that they try and work out if it has and if it has, it is yet one more argument why we should be more generous in our social expenditure, if we want to address the quality of life of older people and if we want to address inequalities in health at all pages. inequalities in health at all ages. historically, for every 5 years later you w

actually, only yesterday, i'm not sure if it was on your programme or not, but professor sir michael marmote expectancy is active flat—lining and only last week the government's own department, public health england, announced that healthy life expectancy was in trouble. we know that, for example, men will live in good health up until 63 and four women it is the 64 and yet even with that state, that evidence, the government is announcing an increase to 68 years. that was only one piece of research, one collection of data. no it wasn't, it was exactly the same data they were using, both the government and sir michael but what the government have done is looked at slightly older data that was included in the cridland review. the work and pensions secretary david gauke has been saying increases in life expectancy has —— means people earn more over their lifetimes and thatis earn more over their lifetimes and that is true, isn't it? back to the issue, this isn't about putting young people against older people, we need to make different choices. we need to make sure that the economy is working f