Written question asked by Richard Burden (Labour) on Friday, 17 May 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 June 2013. It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Monday, 3 June 2013 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Mortality Rates

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to make progress towards meeting the World Health Organisation target of a 25% reduction in premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by 2025 agreed in May 2012.

[156728]

Answer

In March 2013, the Department published “Living Well for Longer: A call to action to reduce avoidable premature mortality”, a copy of which has already been placed in the Library. This outlines our ambition to cut avoidable deaths from the five major causes—cancer, heart, stroke, respiratory and liver disease—and to make life expectancy in England among the best in Europe. The call to action will be followed by an action plan in the autumn that details system-wide commitments, building on the Department's published strategies and national ambitions on specific diseases and associated risk factors. In April 2013, responsibility for supporting population level health transferred to local government as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 reforms. The Public Health Outcomes Framework

will track improvements in improving and protecting the nation's health and includes a number of mortality indicators including one on “Mortality from causes considered preventable”.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 156728; 563 cc845-6W
Session: 2013-14
Subjects: Diseases Disease control Mortality rates
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Mortality Rates

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