Academics from the University of Leicester explored the impact of general practice on how long people live.
Living in areas with more fully qualified GPs and better-funded surgeries had a positive impact on life expectancy, the research found Living in areas of England with more fully qualified GPs and better-funded surgeries also had a positive impact on life expectancy, researchers found.
The findings, published in the British Journal of General Practice, indicated that deprivation and geography were “powerful predictors of life expectancy”. In January, figures from the Office for National Statistics covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland, revealed estimated life expectancy at birth had fallen in most local areas, with the reduction down to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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