Re: Trends in UK mortality reflect a public health failure

Re: Trends in UK mortality reflect a public health failure

Agreement: I AgreeBody: Dear Editor In this editorial the authors say that reporting of the recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study[1] omitted any mention of austerity when highlighting England’s sharp decline in life expectancy improvements. We think they are referring only to the press coverage, such as the relevant Guardian article,[2] not to the GBD paper itself. In fact, the paper that they referenced [1] discussed austerity at some len…