Richmond Group of Charities, January 2018
- This report addresses the gap in evidence about the lived experience of people with multimorbidity.
- That report showed that the extent and impact of multimorbidity is significant:
- It is estimated that between 15%-30% of the population in England live with two or more long term conditions;
- People with multiple conditions have poorer health outcomes, and poorer experiences of care and are more likely to report care coordination problems;
- Multimorbidity occurs 10-15 years earlier in people living in the most deprived areas than it does in those living in the most affluent areas;
- The perspective and lived experience of people with multiple conditions is almost entirely absent from the evidence we reviewed.
