A HOPEFUL FUTURE: EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN

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A HOPEFUL FUTURE: EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN

31 Aug 2022

A HOPEFUL FUTURE: EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA EXECUTIVE REPORT 1 A HOPEFUL FUTURE: EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONTENTS CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 Fundamental changes are needed now 3 Health inequalities in Lancashire and Cumbria 3 COVID-19 in Lancashire and Cumbria 5 THE SOCIA. [...] Much of the ill health in Lancashire and Cumbria region is avoidable and action on the social determinants would improve health and reduce inequalities and reduce the burden on NHS and other services, reducing costs in the long run. [...] Leads: Local authorities, NHS 20 A HOPEFUL FUTURE: EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONTENTS 7 TACKLE RACISM, DISCRIMINATION AND THEIR OUTCOMES The pandemic revealed the stark inequalities in health ethnic minority populations and access to, experience and economic and social disadvantages in many of the of, and outcomes from health service. [...] STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMIC SECTOR AND EXTEND SOCIAL VALUE APPROACHES a) Coordinate a regional economic partnership to develop a health equity approach for businesses and implement the recommendations in the ‘The Business of health equity’ report for businesses to make positive contributions to the health of their workforce, ensure goods and services are healthy and to make so. [...] 27 A HOPEFUL FUTURE: EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONTENTS G MONITORING FOR HEALTH EQUITY • T o report on health inequalities and inequalities in the social determinants of health and evaluate the impact of policies and interventions, data that are relevant, robust, timely and disaggregated are needed.
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