Read: Addressing the demand for mental health support is key to effective levelling up
While the pandemic seems at last to be receding, another crisis is threatening to engulf our health services. As we learn to live with the virus itself, we now also need to address one of its most damaging legacies - the growing number of those experiencing mental health issues.
Read: Addressing health inequality: If not now, then when?
In her latest blog, Anne Milton discusses a new report which has highlighted the significant and persistent health inequalities experienced by people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK. And whether it will be the tipping point for urgent action.
Read: Levelling up at risk if health inequalities are not addressed
In our latest blog, Anne Milton discusses the fundamental links between health, education and skills, and the urgent need to address health inequalities.
Read: Paying the economic price of health inequality
In her latest blog, Anne Milton discusses new research that has estimated that persistent ill-health in England’s most left behind communities costs the country almost £30 billion a year in lost productivity.
Read: North Cumbria Integrated Care commits to levelling up framework
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation (NCIC) has joined a growing number of organisations by committing to a new system of measuring social impact.
Read: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust signs up to new levelling up framework
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has joined a growing number of purpose-led organisations by committing to a new set of levelling up measurements.
Read: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust commits to levelling up
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with former Public Health Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton and signed up to a new set of levelling up measurements.
Read: North East London NHS Foundation Trust signs up to new levelling up framework
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) has joined a growing number of organisations by committing to a new way of measuring social impact.
Read: Low vaccination rates will add to existing health inequality
In her latest blog, Anne Milton discusses the impact that low vaccination rates could have on health inequality.
Read: Acknowledging the social and economic impact of loneliness
There is substantial evidence that a lack of social connection significantly contributes to poor health. The Campaign to End Loneliness has said that it increases the risk of premature mortality by 26%, bringing health risks that can be greater than many of the factors that are more widely discussed, such as obesity or smoking.