Women’s healthcare in Britain ‘worse than in China and Saudi Arabia’
Women’s healthcare in the UK is worse than that of China and Saudi Arabia, according to a global tracker.
Poor efforts at prevention, diagnosis and treatment of health problems left the UK ranked lower than several countries with a troubling record on women’s rights.
The research, which compared a wealth of data, found Britain fared worse than most comparable Western countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany.
The UK was placed 30th out of 122 countries, in the 2021 Hologic Global Women’s Health Index published on Tuesday.
The score – three points lower than when a similar exercise was carried out last year – places it on a par with Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Kosovo and Poland for women’s healthcare provision.
Source: The Telegraph, 24 January 2023