Economic benefits of cycling to NHS

Claim made by: Julian Huppert MP
Location: UK Cycling election debate

"... a study has show that cycling could benefit the NHS by as much as £17bn"

Update 2015-03-20

Prompt reply from Julian Huppert himself pointing me in the direction of the published paper on which he based his claims.

"Thanks for the email - it's always good to ask for evidence!

The study was published in the Lancet. Jarrett et al, Lancet 379(9832) 2189-2205 (2012)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60766-1"

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