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Statement from Health Equity North Director following data around low school-aged vaccination rates
August 29th 2025

Statement from Health Equity North Director following data around low school-aged vaccination rates

Today (Friday 29th August, 2025) the UK Health Security Agency has issued data that shows how almost 1 in 5 children starting primary school are not fully protected against several serious diseases.

Our Academic Co-Director Professor Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology, University of York, has…


Party Conference Events 2023
August 17th 2023
Party Conference Events 2023

Health Equity North and the Northern Health Science Alliance are…

BLOG: Which football team wins the Child Health and Wellbeing League?
August 1st 2023
BLOG: Which football team wins the Child Health and Wellbeing…

      “Some people believe football is a matter…

Northern regions relegated to bottom of child health league table
August 1st 2023
Northern regions relegated to bottom of child health league table

      A league table ranking child health by…

Health divide in County Durham and Tees Valley shortening lives, reducing life chances and costing billions in lost productivity
July 25th 2023
Health divide in County Durham and Tees Valley shortening lives,…

Click here to read the full report The stark extent…

A Westminster debate: End the Two-Child Cap
July 13th 2023
A Westminster debate: End the Two-Child Cap

Health Equity North supports the Child of the North All…

How Levelling Up has been counterintuitive: a blog by Academic Co-Director Dr Luke Munford
July 13th 2023
How Levelling Up has been counterintuitive: a blog by Academic…

Since the launch of Health Equity North (HEN) back in…

Health Equity North: Roundtable discussion report
July 13th 2023
Health Equity North: Roundtable discussion report

In April 2023, Health Equity North (HEN) hosted a roundtable…

Covid inquiry evidence by health inequality expert
June 16th 2023
Covid inquiry evidence by health inequality expert

A world-leading expert on health inequalities will be presenting a…

Northern regions received £21m less from flagship ‘levelling up’ fund 
May 23rd 2023
Northern regions received £21m less from flagship ‘levelling up’ fund 

New analysis of the government’s Community Renewal Fund allocation has…

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