UK 'among worst for preventable deaths' - The Telegraph 8th January 2007

Britain has one of the highest death tolls from treatable conditions despite record investment in healthcare, new research shows. In a blow for the NHS, the UK is still languishing near the bottom of a league table, ranked in 16th place out of 19 developed countries for deaths from treatable conditions. More than a quarter of deaths among men and a third of deaths in women under the age of 75 in the UK in 2002-03 were from conditions considered treatable, compared with 15 per cent for men and 25 per cent for women in France.

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