Our mission is nothing less than a fairer, healthier society. Reducing health inequities by tackling the social determinants of health.
#SDoH
#healthequity
We at
@marmotihe
are so proud of our Director
@michaelmarmot
for this award in recognition of his global leadership in reducing health inequalities - it is an absolute privilege to work with you
@michaelmarmot
!
We are delighted to announce our first
#NHS
'Marmot Trust' with
@NHS_ELFT
using the Marmot Review principles and framework to test what an
#NHS
Trust can do to tackle some of the drivers of poor health, such as poverty and unemployment
#BuildBackFairer
The stress of not making ends meet damages children's development. You can't think about a good diet for the future if you are focusing on how to put food on the table. We've got to deal with the problems that have been created over the last 12 years
@michaelmarmot
on
@BBCNews
As
@BBCNewsnight
highlighted, government commitment is a prerequisite to reduce health inequalities – eating healthily is not a choice if you have to spend 74% of your income on healthy food explains
@MichaelMarmot
– we know what to do:
#BuildBackFairer
– a thread
Fuel Poverty, Cold Homes and Health Inequalities webinar Thursday 1st September, 2022, 13:00-14:00 Link to register: to discuss
#fuelpoverty
, its impact on worsening health inequalities, who is most affected and what policies should be introduced
🎉The Health Equity Network launch is today!🎉
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the man who needs no introduction, will be joining our speaker panel to discuss IHE's place-based work, collaboration, policy, and
#healthequity
.
#socialdeterminantsofhealth
Open letter in
@BMJ_latest
to UK party leaders by
@MichaelMarmot
says not only is health the foremost concern of individuals, communities and businesses, health is also an indicator of how well a nation is performing
One way to deprive people of the opportunity to lead dignified lives is to take away the means to meet their Dignity. As
@MichaelMarmot
explains dignity is fundamental to who we are and our place in society
#BuildBackFairer
Social connections vital for health: age 50+ social isolation as powerful a predictor of mortality as smoking; going to food banks, wearing two overcoats inside to keep warm, cancelling a child’s party due to cost threaten dignity and damage health
@michaelmarmot
on
@BBCr4today
Decade of cuts to public services need to be reversed if government is serious about levelling up
@MichaelMarmot
will tell nurses at their annual Congress tomorrow
#BuildBackFairer
On lessons learned for pandemic preparedness
@MichaelMarmot
explained - moving public health to local authorities great but funding for both slashed! Inequalities increased, child poverty up 27-30% - architects of government left the UK in a terrible state!
Mr Cameron said he left the country in a good state - not the country in which I’m living in exclaimed
@MichaelMarmot
to
@SkyNews
- real incomes 5% lower than they were 18yrs ago; GDP/person 1/3 lower now than if pre-2007 trend had continued!
🌟We are so pleased with the launch of the Health Equity Network today, and want to thank our speaker panel for their brilliant insights.
The recording of this event will be made available on our YouTube page and will be shared widely for those who were unable to attend.
Inadequate social housing permanently affects children's development finds
@marmotihe
review for
@LDN_Health
. "Our homes dictate future health"
@michaelmarmot
; "it's unacceptable a child’s background & postcode has such a major impact"
@mayorofLondon
IHE Director
@MichaelMarmot
calls for next government to:
1. Implement policies we know will reduce health inequalities.
2. Appoint an independent Health Equity Commissioner.
3. Establish a new cabinet-level health equity and well-being cross-departmental committee.
Thank you to all 415+ participants who attended our webinar today. The recording will be posted to our website, and we look forward to continuing the discussion.
Visit our website for the latest Fuel Poverty, Cold Homes and Health Inequalities report!
BIG NEWS!🎉
We recently launched applications for our first Network Annual Conference for members of the Health Equity Network. Look at all these great speakers!
If you'd like to attend, register for the Network for more info and to secure your place.
Important newly published article arguing for a strengthened health workforce as a critical element to addressing planetary health and the social determinants of health
#BuildBackFairer
Why the cost of living crisis could be ‘austerity squared’
@MichaelMarmot
in discussion with Madeleine Finlay about the ways poverty makes you sicker and why falling income is so bad for the country’s health
The Institute of Health Equity and Legal & General are pleased to announce that the Health Equity Network will Launch on January 24th, 2023!
🌟 The webinar will run from 12-1PM, use this link to register:
@MichaelMarmot
From my point of view says
@MichaelMarmot
the common good includes greater equity of health and wellbeing and living in a sustainable way. Neither looks likely…
#buildbackfairer
@UCL
"One person losing their life to austerity ideology is a tragedy, one hundred thousand starts to look suspiciously like a policy"
#BuildBackFairer
Ten years of bad policy have destroyed Britain's health, yet we're still arguing internally
Our new report out today with
@Policy_Projects
'Addressing the National Syndemic', which describes “two or more diseases” that synergise to make each other worse and include societal as well as biological drivers of poor health
#BuildBackFairer
@MichaelMarmot
on
@Today
“Inequalities in mortality from Covid-19 parallel inequality in mortality from all causes suggests that the causes of inequalities in health overlap causes of inequalities in Covid 19”
#Marmot2020
Our three reports since Feb 2020 lay out the evidence and the solution -
@BorisJohnson
knows from his time at Mayor of London, when he commissioned us to review health inequalities there, exactly what needs to be done
#BuildBackFairer
Screamed at the radio yesterday as PM described inequalities in life expectancy and then muttered that he didn’t know what people do in Rutland to live longer. Black Report! Marmot ! Come on. This is not news. Poorest women actually die younger.
@marmotihe
#LevellingUp
Thank you to everyone who attended the Health Equity Network launch. We are so pleased to be able to welcome members to the site.
If you missed the webinar event, here is the recording! We look forward to seeing you on the platform.
#healthequity
#sdoh
With just 5 DAYS to go, we're proud to introduce the speaker panel for the Health Equity Network Webinar Launch.
Alan Higgins is the Network Lead for the Institute of Health Equity. We are excited to hear his thoughts on the gaps the Network aims to fill.
#Sdoh
#healthequity
In the lead up to the Health Equity Network's One Year On Event happening TOMORROW, we are pleased to introduce the members of the Advisory Board who have helped to shape the ongoing success of the Health Equity Network.
Meet
@ProfKevinFenton
With just 4 DAYS to go, we're proud to introduce the speaker panel for the Health Equity Network Webinar Launch.
Dr. Jessica Allen is the Deputy Director for the Institute of Health Equity. She will be chairing the webinar and leading the Q&A with the panelists.
#healthequity
Unfortunately, the situation in the UK is deeply concerning; as you no doubt are aware life expectancy is falling, health is declining and health inequalities widening.
📣Have you joined the Health Equity Network?📣
Over 500 people from across the UK have registered, and begun the process of alleviating
#healthinequalities
by working together across disciplines.
Join us today, here! 🌟
#sdoh
THURSDAY!
Join our live stream from 11.25AM on 5th October by clicking on this link that will take you to the IHE YouTube channel. There will be a further link on that page to the live feed from the conference.
Youtube:
Please use the hashtag
#HEN2023
New
@WHO
#COVID19
#SDoH
review provides a case study example of why no one is protected until everyone is protected – join the launch webinar via Zoom tomorrow, Tuesday 7 December 12:00-13:00 CET Password: Yt
@W21bZ
#BuildBackFairer
With just ONE DAY to go, we're proud to introduce the speaker panel for the Health Equity Network Webinar Launch.
Dr. Henry Kippin is the Chief Executive of the North of Tyne Combined Authority, and will discuss his perspective on the benefits of the Network.
#healthequity
In case you missed it...
We had a wonderful experience at the first annual Health Equity Network Conference last week, and were so glad to see so many members in person.
Thank you all for being there, and for supporting the growth of this movement for health equity.
#HEN2023
New
@WHO
World Report on
#SDoH
to advance
#HealthEquity
to set agenda for action through to 2030 to be launched end next year – many opportunities to engage & input, including on development of new monitoring framework
#BuildBackFairer
We have signed
@UNICEF_UK
’s open letter calling on the UK Government to deliver a National Baby & Toddler
Guarantee- a promise that clearly lays out the services that every child under 5 is entitled to.
Sign the petition
#EarlyMomentsMatter
📣Announcement!📣
The Institute of Health Equity and Legal & General are pleased to announce that the Health Equity Network will Launch on January 24th, 2023!
🌟 The webinar will run from 12-1PM, use this link to register:
#sdoh
#healthequity
The Child Health Equity Framework centers the voices of children and young people, and brings their experiences to the forefront of action on the
#socialdeterminantsofhealth
.
The goal, as always, is to improve health & reduce
#healthinequalities
for CYP.
📣 3 WEEKS LEFT to register for the webinar launch of the Health Equity Network!
Join us and share with your colleagues today.
We will strive to improve health outcomes using the
#socialdeterminantsofhealth
.
🌟Use this link to register for the webinar:
With just ONE WEEK to go, we're proud to introduce the speaker panel for the Health Equity Network Webinar Launch.
Pete Gladwell is the Group Social Impact and Investment Director at
@landg_group
, and we're delighted to have their support and collaboration on this project.
This is not the case in other European countries, and the UK is now well below the EU average for how long people can expect to live in good health. The UK’s rankings have gone down since 2014.
"The UK handled the pandemic poorly and we had a bigger fall in life expectancy during the first two years of the pandemic than any rich country except the US, so these figures are what we expected"
@MichaelMarmot
@bmj_latest
Part of a Community, Voluntary or Social Enterprise sector group? We need your voice in the conversations surrounding
#HealthEquity
🌟
Learn more about our goals and register your interest using the form below:
#socialdeterminantsofhealth
#VCSE
#sdoh
Latest
@MarmotIHE
review on how local areas can reduce health inequalities, with the London Borough of Waltham Forest addressing the social determinants of health as the first Marmot London Borough
@michaelmarmot
@wfcouncil
#BuildBackFairer
New
@MarmotIHE
review highlights an inadequate level of social housing across London is affecting children’s physical and mental health, and could permanently hinder their development
#Buildbackfairer
@MichaelMarmot
Here
@MichaelMarmot
lays out why Britain cannot move on from the Tories without properly facing up to the harm that they have caused: stalling life expectancy, particularly among women in England’s poorest communities—and widening inequalities.
What can be done by local places in spite of swathing local authority budget cuts (which damage people's social circumstances and widen health gaps) and lack of central government commitment to reducing
#healthinequalities
@MichaelMarmot
Health Secretary promises to fight 'disease of disparity' after admitting
#COVID19
has laid bare UK's underlying health inequities -
@sajidjavid
follow the science if you're serious and
#BuildBackFairer
otherwise health inequities will continue to rise
🌟Join the Health Equity Network for exclusive content such as our new post on the hidden workforce.
Register to access
@MillarCaroline
's work "Working well: Delivering better health outcomes for hidden workers", the recent publication by
@TaviRelations
.
NEXT WEEK!📣
“Growing a Movement for Health Equity”, is the theme for the panel discussion at the Health Equity Network conference on 5th October.
Watch the stream live from our YouTube Channel starting at 11:30AM next Thursday! Details to be released on the day.
#HEN2023
@TheBMA
...as
@michaelmarmot
explains this is all avoidable by reasonable means - a decade of austerity damaged public health and made health equity worse. Dignity is fundamental to who we are and our place in society..
#BuildBackFairer
We need this new evidence brief says
@DrMikeRyan
- the moral & practical imperatives for prioritizing equity in pandemic efforts mean until everyone is protected
#COVID19
will continue for longer with new variants emerging
@WHO
#SDoH
#BuildBackFairer
Read the latest Guardian article from
@MichaelMarmot
- 'Why did England have Europe's worst Covid figures? The answer starts with austerity'.
#marmot2020
New
@MichaelMarmot
&
@BarnardosHealth
partnership working with Integrated Care Systems (ICS) to boost childhood health by addressing health inequalities, informing best practice & influencing effective care in communities
#BuildBackFairer
@UCL
We need everyone, everywhere to realize
@WHO
Rio Political Declaration vision to make
#SDoH
#HealthEquity
a reality; it’s now or never as
#COVID19
& political polarization show us we are failing as societies to tackle urgent concerns: inequity harms all of us
#BuildBackFairer
Iceland leading the way across Europe on integrating
#fairness
across society, alongside economic growth and environmental sustainability, with
@WHO_Europe
spearheading health in the wellbeing economy as the obvious policy option to adopt
#BuildBackFairer
New
@WHO
#COVID19
#SDoH
review confirms wide inequities seen in infection, hospitalization and death rates mostly driven by social factors, made worse with biological health risks
#BuildBackFairer
Liverpool City Council’s Deputy Mayor Cllr Jane Corbett tells us more about the city’s plans to achieving ‘Marmot Community Status’, and how improving outcomes for local people is such an important priority
#BuildBackFairer
One week from today, we're hosting the first of our monthly themed webinars on the Health Equity Network. 🎉
This month's theme is
#BusinessandHealth
, and our panel of speakers involves a number of key stakeholders.
To sign up for the webinar, join the