Geography class: Britons now have the worst access to healthcare in Europe, and it shows

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• Disease dilemmas

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Britons now have the worst access to healthcare in Europe, and it shows

• With reference to the first chart ‘chronic illness is soaring in the UK’s working age population’, describe the overall trend in the data

• Examine the factors that have contributed to the increase in the numbers suffering from chronic illnesses

• Describe how access to healthcare in the UK compares with other European countries

• Discuss whether access to healthcare is likely to improve or decline further over the next 5 years

Alasdair Monteith, Gordonstoun