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Gallery: Health for Wealth 2 parliamentary launch
April 1st 2026

Gallery: Health for Wealth 2 parliamentary launch

On March 17 2026, authors of the latest ‘Health for Wealth’ report convened in Westminster to present the new research to MPs.

‘Health for Wealth: Building a Healthier North to Boost Productivity’, published by Health Equity North (HEN), shows people in the North are twice as likely to lose their job after ill-health than those in the rest of England, with low skilled workers hit hardest.  

The event was hosted by Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East…


Calls for urgent action to prioritise children’s health and education as new analysis finds schools funding imbalance risks widening regional childhood inequalities
September 11th 2023
Calls for urgent action to prioritise children’s health and education…

Click here to read the full report Northern schools are…

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…

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