Saving Sick Britain

The UK, like many similar countries, is seeing a rise in modern epidemics such as depression, heart disease, obesity and cancer. We have an excellent NHS that treats these conditions, but what if we could stop them in their tracks? What if they didn't need treating, because they were being prevented? By putting public health at the heart of public policy, this book proposes a r...

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The UK, like many similar countries, is seeing a rise in modern epidemics such as depression, heart disease, obesity and cancer. We have an excellent NHS that treats these conditions, but what if we could stop them in their tracks? What if they didn't need treating, because they were being prevented? By putting public health at the heart of public policy, this book proposes a radical shift in our priorities as a society and polity. A National Health Society could make us all healthy. Yuille and Ollier bring together the science of big data and precision public health, with the political change that would be needed to make this a reality. The book forces us to take a step back and see that when it comes to our health, we are not taking it seriously enough.

Introduction
Part I: A plague in all our houses
1 Words about words
2 The plagues of our times
3 A tangled web
4 How we all lose out
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Introduction
Part I: A plague in all our houses
1 Words about words
2 The plagues of our times
3 A tangled web
4 How we all lose out
5 Deckchairs on the Titanic
Part II: Untangling the web
6 The appliance of science
7 When things start to go wrong
8 Knowing the unknown
9 Risks we can handle
Part III: Re-thinking health
10 Biology is inseparable from society
11 Natural prevention
12 Health is what we need
Part IV: The National Health Society
13 Thinking outside the box
14 Health at the heart of public policy
15 The tools are to hand
16 The Health Society
17 Your health is my healthIntroduction
Part I: A plague in all our houses
1 Words about words
2 The plagues of our times
3 A tangled web
4 How we all lose out
5 Deckchairs on the Titanic
Part II: Untangling the web
6 The appliance of science
7 When things start to go wrong
8 Knowing the unknown
9 Risks we can handle
Part III: Re-thinking health
10 Biology is inseparable from society
11 Natural prevention
12 Health is what we need
Part IV: The National Health Society
13 Thinking outside the box
14 Health at the heart of public policy
15 The tools are to hand
16 The Health Society
17 Your health is my health
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