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[Plain English Summary Outline of Project]In the UK, an increasing number of people are living with more than one long term conditions (multimorbidity), such as having diabetes, heart disease and dementia. This is more common among people from more deprived backgrounds, who are also more likely to have multiple conditions at younger ages.People with multiple conditions tend to have worse health, may have to take multiple medications, and often have many appointments with different doctors and nurses. This is also a problem for the NHS, where systems and doctors focus on specific individual diseases.Doctors and researchers are working to improve the care and health of people with more than one disease. At the same time, we need to try and stop people from getting multiple conditions in the first place. We know that many diseases are partly caused by our diet, if we smoke or drink a lot, and how much we exercise. However, we also know that our lifestyle choices are influenced by the places and conditions we live in.This project will look at different ways of preventing key diseases, e.g. by taxing unhealthy foods and drinks or providing free exercise classes. A model will help us to consider which ways are most likely to reduce the number of people developing multiple conditions in future. The project will focus on how to do this in a way that is fair to people from different backgrounds. |
