EXPERT HUB: BLOG – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH INEQUALITIES

by: Inclusive Growth Contributor | on: 23.11.23 | in: Uncategorised

By Jo Bibby, Director of Health, The Health Foundation

The first Health Equals campaign was launched in March. Health Equals brings together a coalition of organisations working across a range of sectors with the shared goal of a society where each of us has our best chance of good health and wellbeing, no matter who we are or where we are born, work and live. With members from across a range of determinants of health, it clearly shows that creating a healthy society is everyone’s business.

The idea to mobilise cross-sector action on health came from conversations when we first started to scope out our health and inequalities strategy. What became clear was that outside the public health community, there was little understanding of the extent of health inequalities and the factors that cause them.

The pandemic showed, in real time, how our circumstances shape our health outcomes. But post-pandemic, the public’s attention (as far as health is concerned) has largely turned back to the NHS and social care. And given that politicians’ actions are shaped by public concerns, we urgently need to get the public talking about health inequalities.

You can read Jo’s full blog at: https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/blogs/we-need-to-talk-about-health-inequalities