The Health Foundation Report - Using economic development to improve health and reduce health inequalities - landed just at the right time. I have committed myself in 2021 through SajeImpact to continue to tackle poverty and inequality in my areas of greatest interest - economic regeneration, sport and physical activity and general wellbeing.
This report sums up for me a wide range of the hundreds of thoughts that have been racing through my mind about what that might look like in practise. It makes sense of them. It makes the correct link how a healthy populations depends on more than the healthcare available to them - it is shaped by social, econmmic, commercail and evironmental condsiotins in whish people live. Alongside the recent Marmot report it highlights that the last decade have seen massive health inequlaties reninforced and amongst the porrest life expaceancy stagnate and decraese. At its simplest level the report reinforces the point that economci developemt has to be about creating an inclusive economy. Whilst I have raised this I certainly know I need to do more in this area.
