JAPAN

delivers the best healthcare in the world, according to a new analysis, while Sweden is second best and Finland third.

The UK ranks 28th – three places above the US – says the study by Healthcare Transformers, a website.

Researchers based their findings on statistics such as the number of healthcare staff per 1,000 people, health spending, prevalence of mental health problems and average life expectancy in 168 countries.

Life expectancy in Japan is 84.6 years, compared with 81.3 in the UK.