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Why are the old dying before their time?
 — how austerity has affected mortality rates
Author(s)Danny Dorling
Journal titleNew Statesman, 7 February 2014
Pagespp 35-39
Sourcewww.newstatesman.co.uk
KeywordsSocial security benefits ; Social welfare ; Public expenditure cuts ; Death rate [statistics] ; United Kingdom.
AnnotationBetween 2008 and 2013, cuts in benefits led to 483,000 older and disabled people in the UK either losing their care support or becoming ineligible to claim it. Rather than blame the rise in mortality of older people on severe flu outbreaks or particularly cold winters, the author argues that increased austerity measures and the 'deliberate' disorganisation of the National Health Service (NHS) are in large part responsible for increasing mortality rates amongst this age group. (NH).
Accession NumberCPA-150522200 A
ClassmarkJH: TY: WN8:5YD: S5: 8

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