Ann McGauran 10 April 2024

Dashboard compares healthy life expectancy across councils

A data tool to compare healthy life expectancy across all councils in England has been launched by The Health Foundation.

The interactive local authority dashboard, which shows Wokingham has the highest healthy life expectancy for women at 71 years while Blackpool has the lowest at 54 years, comes after analysis by the charity last month revealed the scale of the task facing the next Government.

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