Describing trends in health inequalities, Dr David Walsh told us that mortality rates in the poorest communities have increased across the whole of the UK as a consequence of widening inequalitiesHealth, Social Care and Sport Committee, Official Report 24 May 2022:
You can therefore trace the effects of austerity through well-understood pathways to—ultimately and tragically—early deathHealth, Social Care and Sport Committee, Official Report 24 May 2022.