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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"