REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN LUTON: A MARMOT TOWN - Executive summary

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REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN LUTON: A MARMOT TOWN - Executive summary

6 Sep 2022

(1) The recommended policies and approaches are relevant to a wide range of organisations and stakeholders including the local authority, the communities in Luton, voluntary, faith and social enterprise sector, businesses and the economic sector, health care and other public services - together these stakeholders comprise the health equity system. [...] This consists of considering different stages of life and development and the way in which advantages and disadvantages accumulate over the course of a lifetime, and contribute to health and lifespan. [...] The cost of housing and fuel will lead to worsening housing conditions over the winter 2022/3 and improving the quality of housing must be a top priority in Luton in order to improve health and improve other social determinants of health. [...] Schools and the VCFSE sector, health care and the local authority to work in partnership to support good mental health and building skills and recruitment into employment. [...] • Businesses can also affect the health of individuals in the communities in which they operate and in wider society, through local partnerships, procurement and supply networks, and in the way they use their influence through advocacy and lobbying.
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