Improving UK cycling rates could save NHS £319m, says report
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from on (#47WZW)
Ministers urged to make activity more popular outside London to boost public health
The NHS could save 319m over the next 21 years if cycling in major UK cities becomes as popular as in London, according to a report by an environmental charity.
About 34,000 incidences of type 2 diabetes, stroke, breast cancer and depression would be prevented in seven key cities between 2017 and 2040, if cycling increased at the same rate as in London since the millennium, according to analysis from Sustrans, the walking and cycling charity.
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