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Blueprint aims to bridge gap between rich and poor
Health chiefs have set out plans to bridge the growing gap between rich and poor in Yorkshire as part of a blueprint to overhaul care across the region.
Reducing rates of strokes and diabetes are among key priorities of plans which will focus on treating chronic disease as well as public health concerns including infant mortality, sexually transmitted diseases and smoking.
Latest evidence suggests life expectancy between Yorkshire's poorest areas and the rest of the region are widening despite massive NHS investment, with people living 10 years less in deprived parts of Leeds and Sheffield compared to wealthier areas just a few miles away.
In future, more routine care will be delivered in GP practices and community hospitals but complex care will move to regional centres.
By 2010, health chiefs want to see:
Life expectancy for all rise by two years compared to 2003.
Life expectancy for the poorest to rise by two-and-a-half years.
1,000 fewer deaths from heart disease before the age of 75.
1,550 fewer deaths from cancer before the age of 75.
A fall in the proportion of diabetics going blind or suffering amputation by the age of 65.
A fall in the rate of stroke.
Deaths in infancy in poorest communities falling by 10 per cent.
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