The following represents a high level sample list ​of Past Longevity Catalysts.  



This can be used to help generate future catalyst ideas and proposals.  Equally, in some cases  it helps to capture the uniqueness of such past events and thereby the limited scope for similar types of events to recur.  



• Birth of NHS (1948)

• Sir Richard Doll establishes link between smoking and lung cancer (1950).  Perhaps one of the largest smoking catalysts, with a fuller list shown here.

• Programme of vaccinations launched (1958)

• Development of MRI (1973)

• Breast cancer screening introduced by the NHS (1988)

• Smoking banned in public UK places (2006 - 2007).  The "smoking story", however, is littered with a number of catalysts of varying magnitude, as shown here.

• Bowel cancer screening introduced by the NHS (2006)

​We go on to look at reductions in breast cancer deaths in a little more detail not least because bowel cancer screening was introduced a few years ago. 



 

 

 

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