Saving Sick Britain Why We Need the 'Health Society'

'The authors have written a book that should be widely read by politicians, economists, health providers, financiers, medical researchers - in fact, anyone who wishes to reconcile our economic and health priorities. The current pandemic is a wake-up call. Here is the reading that responds to that call.'Denis Noble, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford and author of Dance to the Tune of Life 'Saving sick Britain is an excellent and timely book. In elegant prose and evidence-led argument, Yuille and Ollier clamour for radical, worthwhile change. It should be read by everyone, but especially anyone with an interest or occupation in public policy, health or government.'Lawrence Hamilton, Professor of Political Theory, University of Cambridge 'This is an important contribution to one of the most vital issues of our time: how health should be a first order priority for government and society.'Benedict Macon-Cooney, Head of the Science & Innovation Unit, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Britain is sick and it needs saving. Covid-19 has brought death, disruption and disorder. It has revealed fundamental failures in public policy and our approach to health. For years, the same failures have perpetuated a host of modern plagues - long-running deadly epidemics in diabetes, depression and heart disease. These plagues pose systemic risks to society itself. In this timely book, Yuille and Ollier envisage a society that always puts the health of citizens first: the 'Health Society'. The time for dithering and tinkering has passed. Prevention of disease is a task for all branches of government - not just the NHS but also for every workplace, employer, community and citizen. The 'Health Society' means working in radically new ways to extend our healthy lives and sustainably increase national prosperity. Saving sick Britain follows the science and lays down a challenge to us all: are we ready to make the change required to end these modern plagues? In answering the question the book helps steer the reader towards rethinking what both 'prevention' and 'health' mean in modern Britain.