The number of doctors and experts that bridge the gap between university research and the NHS – translating discoveries into patient care – is "ageing and shrinking", the Academy of Medical Sciences has warned.

The UK's life sciences industry generated £146.9bn in turnover in 2023/24 and employed almost 360,000 people, but the report highlighted that healthy life expectancy in the UK had fallen to its lowest recorded level, with inequalities persisting and a continued rise in economic inactivity due to ill health.

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