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Patients who can show they live healthy lifestyles by proving how much they exercise and what they buy in their weekly shop should be prioritised for non-emergency hospital appointments, a report recommended today.
Benefits claimants who regularly go to the gym should receive extra payments, think-tank Demos also recommended.
It wants the Government to reward patients who try to lower their own risk of requiring medical treatment by eating healthily and exercising.
The Control Shift report, drawn up in conjunction with insurance firm Zurich, called for ministers to work with supermarkets to give shoppers a "health tally" to encourage them to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables and drink less alcohol.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/heal...nts-who-live-a-healthy-lifestyle-8530478.html
Benefits claimants who regularly go to the gym should receive extra payments, think-tank Demos also recommended.
It wants the Government to reward patients who try to lower their own risk of requiring medical treatment by eating healthily and exercising.
The Control Shift report, drawn up in conjunction with insurance firm Zurich, called for ministers to work with supermarkets to give shoppers a "health tally" to encourage them to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables and drink less alcohol.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/heal...nts-who-live-a-healthy-lifestyle-8530478.html