Great to see @bhfpolicy.bsky.social calling for a health inequalities strategy as part of the fight against cardiovascular health inequalities.

Good (but shocking) to see this research out today that we have supported, linking the housing affordability and the health inequalities crises.

"Being healthy is shaped by the world around us, from the homes we live in to the air we breathe and the money in our pockets." 🟢 Great to hear one of our Parliamentary Champions @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social ask Liz Kendall about the moral case for tackling the social determinants of health. 👇

Benefits are a lifeline for people living with disabilities & ill health in the UK. 🔴 Any plans to cut them would make the UK's already stark health inequalities even worse. Here’s what some of our members and supporters have said about the proposed plans to change health & disability benefits. 🧵

Workers can’t get well soon without #SafeSickPay. Today our coalition gave the ‘Get workers well soon’ card & petition signed by thousands to Number 10 Downing Street & DWP HQ. To strengthen Statutory Sick Pay the Government must raise the rate & stop plans to reduce sick pay for 300,000 workers.

Gavin Kelly on the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives points out that you can’t live on basic Universal Credit or Statutory Sick Pay - makes people sicker and pushes into long term sickness.

‘Good work and good health go hand in hand’ Minister Sir Stephen Timms welcomes the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives

Here for @healthfoundation.bsky.social Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives launch, with Chris Rocks setting out recommendations including a 1 year job guarantee.

New OpEd about the 10YP by @hughalderwick.bsky.social & Pheobe Dunn. www.bmj.com/content/388/... We need a new metaphor to show why we need investment + reform, to counter the cliche about pouring money into a broken system. Like, tou wouldn't just stick new buttons onto an old Nokia*.

"A lot of what we do is putting a sticking plaster on the gaping wound of poverty" - GP in Gateshead speaking to @theguardian.com youtu.be/hV6fzbRUQKM?...

As @torstenbell.bsky.social points out, people realise that ‘My health is affecting everything else in my life’ - including their ability to work. So investment in the building blocks of health is 'pro-growth'. Good to have this perspective inthe Treasury. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Theatre filling up for this year’s #REALChallenge lecture - first one I’ve been to live

When It Comes To Prevention Spending In The NHS, ‘Some Is Not A Number, Soon Is Not A Time’ | The King's Fund www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

In Your Defence seeks to explain what criminal defence solicitors actually do. How can you defend someone you know to be guilty? Doesn’t the right of silence only protect the guilty? Don’t you just get people off on a technicality? These are some of the questions addressed. amzn.eu/d/inbMvlz

Joe Farrington-Douglas, Senior Fellow @healthequals.bsky.social, talks about life expectancy in the UK. Life expectancy varies by 16 years between the healthiest and unhealthiest areas. #FuelPovertyConf

Arriving at #FuelPovertyConf in Liverpool to talk about #HealthInequalities and housing - and announce that National Energy Action are joining Health Equals as supporters.

Cheeky - or cynical - of the stove industry to try and highjack #cleanairnight. Wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home, even with the newest stoves. www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni...

Watch our Clean Air Night film - The Enlightening - and shine a light on the uncomfortable truth about wood burning. This hashtag #CleanAirNight, learn the facts about wood burning and share with your contacts, families and communities.

Great to see @gwynnemp.bsky.social again at the launch of the #BlackHealth APPG knowledgeable, humane and passionate as ever. Pleased @healthequals.bsky.social can support CAHN to run this campaign

New NEF analysis out today. Amid rumours that gvt will expand Heathrow, Luton and Gatwick airports, we show that doing so would wipe out the benefit of the government's Clean Power Plan (i.e. the sprint for zero carbon electricity by 2030) within 5 years of expanded operation. /1

"How long you live shouldn’t depend on where you live, yet this is still a harsh reality for many." 🗣️ Great to hear them include what one of our Parliamentary Champions, @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social, had to say about the shocking data from her constituency. ⤵️

One of the DHSC's three key priorities is the shift to #prevention. The DHSC's lead Non-Exec Director is required to recuse himself from any discussions or activity in the department that relate to nutrition, diet, and food. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Is Polly just doing this for Tom?

Welcome to Bluesky @healthequals.bsky.social

www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea... "the NHS has somehow become charged with the chimeric task of preventing disease, when the only cost-effective way of doing so is by improving the socio-economic conditions in which people live."

Following the election, the @healthfoundation.bsky.social set out four actions critical to underpinning the health mission. Recent blog from @joefd.bsky.social sets out international examples that the government could look to for inspiration. ⬇️⬇️ www.health.org.uk/features-and...

UK ministers warned housing crisis puts plans for NHS and economy at risk

📢 NEW BLOG 📢 In which @stephenboydippr.bsky.social says that the Scottish government, in rushing to address winter fuel poverty, may have overlooked key questions: could the funds be better spent elsewhere to alleviate poverty, and are they reaching those most in need? www.ippr.org/articles/wha...

More detail on the new Plan for Change featuring a graphic that shows the #FairerBritain #HealthInequalities mission survives! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6751af...

The long-term focus should be on rebuilding the nation’s health by ensuring that people live longer healthier lives and, critically, tackling deep inequalities in health between different parts of the country. www.health.org.uk/news-and-com...

Re-reading the text of Starmer's speech from a health inequalities perspective. Fortunately he hasn't torn up the existing missions - in fact he says he is doubling down on them. If so, his govt needs to set up a robust health inequalities mission ASAP. www.gov.uk/government/s...

As Chris Mason points out, setting targets means de-prioritising other, less political or quick-fix goals. So hospital access is again prioritised over public health. What is the fate of the health mission to 'halve the gap in healthy life expectancy'? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As the deadline closes on the #ChangeNHS consultation, the government needs to match service reform with a wider cross-government health mission. My new blog for @healthfoundation.bsky.social

This is really helping to get me off X - so easy! www.wikihow.com/Import-Twitt...

👋Hello Bluesky! ✍️Here's my new blog, see if you like it more than the bots on X. 🌎It's about international best practice in cross-government health inequalities policies. There's even a working paper to go with it published by @healthfoundation.bsky.social www.health.org.uk/news-and-com...

At the CBI conference. Had a chance to ask Rachel Reeves how government can address working age health challenge. She emphasised the need for a cross govt approach - work, skills and health depts - to help people stay in and return to work & underlined the importance of support for mental health