Our Healthier Nation is an action plan to tackle poor health.
Good health is fundamental to all our lives.
But too many people are ill for much of their lives die too young from preventable illness. We reject the previous Government s scattergun targets. Instead we are setting tougher but attainable targets in priority areas. If we achieve these targets, we have the opportunity to save lives by preventing up to 300,000 untimely and unnecessary deaths . In securing better health, we reject the old arguments of the past.