The 26 million: how to care for people living with long-term health conditions

<div>How should we think of the 26 million people in the UK living with a long-term health condition? Under the current system, only a handful of long-term conditions are prioritised. This leads to a huge strain on NHS resources and capacity later down the road, as long-term health conditions comprise 50 per cent of all GP appointments and 70 per cent hospital bed days. What's more, 2.5 million working-age adults are out of the labour market because of long-term sickness.<br><br>How do we better make the NHS – and politicians – accountable to these patients? With treatment and care of patients with long term conditions estimated to take up around £7 in every £10 of total health and social care expenditure, we urgently need fresh thinking to grasp the scale and scope of this challenge. <br><br><strong>Isabel Hardman</strong> hosts this special episode of <em>Spectator</em> Briefings<em> </em>with a panel of expert guests:<br><br><strong>Guy Opperman MP</strong>, Minister for Employment<br><br><strong>Lord Nick Markham</strong>, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Lords) - DHSC<br><br><strong>Richard Sloggett</strong>, Founder – Future Health Research<br><br><strong>Georgina Carr</strong>, Chief Executive – Neurological Alliance<br><br><strong>Todd Manning</strong>, VP and General Manager – Abbvie UK<br><br><em>Developed in association with and funded by AbbVie. </em></div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>