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Health equity experts urge new Labour Government to adopt health equality strategies to replicate past successes
New analysis has revealed an increase in mortality inequalities in older age groups following the reversal of targeted government strategies to reduce health inequalities in 2010.
Research led by Health Equity North academics, set out to understand the impact of national strategies to narrow health inequalities implemented during the last Labour government with a focus on older people.
The academics assessed trends in mortality rates at the age of 65-69 before, during and after the policy period (1997 – 2010)…
![Declining mental health, long COVID and preventable deaths – how the COVID-19 pandemic hit the North harder](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/03/NHSA-NORTHERN-EXPOSURE-1-e1685021216161.jpg)
A group of leading academics have released a book that…
![Improving mental health in Yorkshire and Humber – a Northern partnership launches](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/03/PR-picture-e1685021250499.jpg)
Patients across the North of England will be among the…
![Children and the Cost of Living Crisis](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/03/COTN-Report-Launch-2-743x500-1.jpg)
On January 24, 2023, the Child of the North APPG…
![£2bn cost of mental ill health in the North](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/01/MH-BANNER-960x502-1-e1685021304200.jpg)
A report out today by the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), with…
![Deprivation and COVID-19 death](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/01/health-resilience.png)
New research highlights the unequal impact that deprivation has on…
![Child of the North APPG: Inaugural Meeting Evidence Session](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/02/CHILD-OF-THE-NORTH-LOGO-APPG-1536x1088-1.png)
Last week the Child of the North APPG held its…
![Health research funding to the North of England doubles to over £100m in latest BRC funding round](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/01/news-image-3.png)
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![Interactive toolkit launched for bone health project](https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/2022/03/NBH-1-960x502-1-e1685021350615.jpg)
The outcomes of an innovative project to reduce the risk…
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