According to a new report, "Visions of Britain 2020", presented by Friends Provident and the Future Foundation, there could be reductions in the free medical aid offered by NHS by the end of this decade, as the Britons follow an unhealthy lifestyle that has put NHS under pressure.

The survey, performed by researchers, brought out that healthcare experts projected that in 2020, the treatments like IVF and fertility treatment, dental treatment, dementia treatment, obesity surgery and treatment relating to drugs would not be offered free of cost.

Also, those who would not adhere to the laws like ban on smoking to alter their behavioural characteristics will have to pay fine. The Government would be forced to exercise such legislations as people have got accustomed to consuming unhealthy food, drinking too much and doing little or no physical exercises and the Government health campaigns have no impact on them.

The report, which involved a survey on 1,000 consumers, also discovered that the inhabitants of Suffolk ranked at the top, among the other 10 regions in the UK, following detrimental lifestyles and exercising little. They also did not monitor their calorie consumption and followed no alcohol guidelines.

Healthy living should be followed in order to avoid the risks and the penalties in future, as stated by Trevor Matthews, Chief Executive Officer of Friends Provident.

Matthews said, "We all know that the NHS will probably change in years to come, but some of the behaviours identified in the report mean that these changes will be much harder on us than what we expect them to be".