@joefd.bsky.social
Great to see @bhfpolicy.bsky.social calling for a health inequalities strategy as part of the fight against cardiovascular health inequalities.
🆕 Out today, our new report 'Bridging Hearts' explores the inequalities which exist in cardiovascular risk, outcomes and care across 3 lenses: deprivation, sex and ethnicity.
We set out action that Govt and the health system should take to drive better outcomes for all 🫀
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We set out action that Govt and the health system should take to drive better outcomes for all 🫀
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April 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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.
Just 2.5% of private rentals in England are affordable for people on housing benefit – pushing many into homes that harm their health.
We're proud to support @crisis-uk.bsky.social's campaigning to spotlight the housing affordability crisis in the UK. 👇
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
We're proud to support @crisis-uk.bsky.social's campaigning to spotlight the housing affordability crisis in the UK. 👇
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Only 2.5% of private rentals in England affordable on housing benefit, study finds
Exclusive: Charities say freeze to housing benefit will push more people into rent arrears and homelessness
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Good (but shocking) to see this research out today that we have supported, linking the housing affordability and the health inequalities crises.
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"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. 👇
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. 👇
March 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"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. 👇
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. 👇
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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. 🧵
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. 🧵
March 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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. 🧵
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. 🧵
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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.
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.
March 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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.
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.
March 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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
March 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
‘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.
March 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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*.
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*.
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...
www.bmj.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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*.
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
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A day in the life of a ‘failing’ NHS: ‘Fix poverty, fix health’
YouTube video by The Guardian
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February 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"A lot of what we do is putting a sticking plaster on the gaping wound of poverty" - GP in Gateshead speaking to @theguardian.com
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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...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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’
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Theatre filling up for this year’s #REALChallenge lecture - first one I’ve been to live
February 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
February 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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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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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.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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
January 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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.
January 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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...
Wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home, even with the newest stoves.
www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni...
January 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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...
Wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home, even with the newest stoves.
www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni...
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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.
This hashtag #CleanAirNight, learn the facts about wood burning and share with your contacts, families and communities.
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...
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January 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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.
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
Pleased @healthequals.bsky.social can support CAHN to run this campaign
January 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
Pleased @healthequals.bsky.social can support CAHN to run this campaign
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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
January 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
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"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. ⤵️
Great to hear them include what one of our Parliamentary Champions, @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social, had to say about the shocking data from her constituency. ⤵️
January 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"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. ⤵️
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...
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...
DHSC register of board members' interests, 2024 to 2025
www.gov.uk
January 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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...
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?
January 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Is Polly just doing this for Tom?
Welcome to Bluesky @healthequals.bsky.social
👋 We’re the UK's campaign for improving health opportunities. Follow us here to stay up to date on:
➡️ our campaign to tackle health inequalities and #MakeHealthEqual
➡️ insights from our members and supporters
️➡️ ways for you to take action
Find out more at www.healthequals.org.uk. 👇
➡️ our campaign to tackle health inequalities and #MakeHealthEqual
➡️ insights from our members and supporters
️➡️ ways for you to take action
Find out more at www.healthequals.org.uk. 👇
Health Equals | UK’s campaign for improving health opportunities
Together we’re shaping a society in which each of us has our best chance of good health and wellbeing, no matter who we are, or where we’re born, work and live.
www.healthequals.org.uk
January 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Welcome to Bluesky @healthequals.bsky.social
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"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."
"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."
It will take more than cash to repair the NHS
Labour must make hard decisions on the future of social care.
www.newstatesman.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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."
"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."