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 many people living with disabilities and ill health in the UK. The government is considering making cuts to them. Here's what our members & supporters think.

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. 🧵

Campaigners stand outside gates to Number 10 Downing Street with the Giant get well soon card, and signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

Campaigners stand outside entrance to Department for Work & Pensions with the Giant get well soon card, and signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

Campaigners stand outside in Parliament Square, with Big Ben in the background and the Giant get well soon card in front. Campaigners hold signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

Two women walk through Parliament square holding the Safe Sick Pay placard. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

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.

*Probably isn't it.

Labour’s 10 year plan for the English NHS Government must provide hope, clarity, and investment The NHS is in crisis after a decade of austerity, covid-19, and political failures since 2010 that weakened the health service and constrained wh...

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*.

YouTube video by The Guardian A day in the life of a ‘failing’ NHS: ‘Fix poverty, fix health’

"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?...

Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’

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...

On the wider determinants of health - how can #AI address poverty? Helping people to access benefits? That’s what keeps @hetanshah.bsky.social awake at night #REALChallenge

Interesting that #Equality and #Equity are near the top of #REALchallenge viewers’ priorities for govt

Ironically OpenAI doesn’t publish its water and energy use #REALChallenge

@hetanshah.bsky.social cites @ippr.bsky.social commission on health & prosperity to broaden out the view of health and industrial, work and environment policy

“We should aim to make UK a ‘shaper’ not just a ‘maker’ of #AI. Shape it to challenge rather than reinforce power dynamics”
< important idea - we shouldn’t just passively accept inequalities

‘Poor old #AI is always glitchy bc once it works you just call it software.’
#REALchallenge

‘I’m nervous about anything being pumped into my veins’ - referring to govt hype about mainlining #AI
#RealChallenge

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

Yes I think that’s Siva’s argument - need to put some specificity around this agenda

When It Comes To Prevention Spending In The NHS, ‘Some Is Not A Number, Soon Is Not A Time’ | The King's Fund If the government is serious about prioritising prevention, then some decisive, timely decisions need to be made about how money is distributed and managed in the NHS, says Siva Anandaciva.

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: Dispatches from the criminal justice frontline Buy In Your Defence: Dispatches from the criminal justice frontline by Douglas, Roy, Douglas, Roy (ISBN: 9798302280565) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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.

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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

Committed to use our voice and MP network in tandem with NEA to call for #fuelpoverty support as a national commitment in the NHS 10 year plan.

Arrived - I knew it was a nightclub but wasn’t expecting a disco ball 🪩

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...

Clean Air Night 2024 - The Enlightening: Shining a light on the truth about wood burning Did you know that lighting fires in our homes is the largest source of harmful small particle air pollution in the UK? This type of air pollution can cause l...

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