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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Great to see @bhfpolicy.bsky.social calling for a health inequalities strategy as part of the fight against cardiovascular health inequalities.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Good (but shocking) to see this research out today that we have supported, linking the housing affordability and the health inequalities crises.
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Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
"Being healthy is shaped by the world around us, from the homes we live in to the air we breathe and the money in our pockets." 🟢 Great to hear one of our Parliamentary Champions @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social ask Liz Kendall about the moral case for tackling the social determinants of health. 👇
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Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Benefits are a lifeline for people living with disabilities & ill health in the UK. 🔴 Any plans to cut them would make the UK's already stark health inequalities even worse. Here’s what some of our members and supporters have said about the proposed plans to change health & disability benefits. 🧵
Benefits are a lifeline for many people living with disabilities and ill health in the UK. The government is considering making cuts to them. Here's what our members & supporters think.
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The Centre for Progressive Change @progressivechange.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Workers can’t get well soon without #SafeSickPay. Today our coalition gave the ‘Get workers well soon’ card & petition signed by thousands to Number 10 Downing Street & DWP HQ. To strengthen Statutory Sick Pay the Government must raise the rate & stop plans to reduce sick pay for 300,000 workers.
Campaigners stand outside gates to Number 10 Downing Street with the Giant get well soon card, and signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaignCampaigners stand outside entrance to Department for Work & Pensions with the Giant get well soon card, and signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaignCampaigners stand outside in Parliament Square, with Big Ben in the background and the Giant get well soon card in front. Campaigners hold signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaignTwo women walk through Parliament square holding the Safe Sick Pay placard. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Gavin Kelly on the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives points out that you can’t live on basic Universal Credit or Statutory Sick Pay - makes people sicker and pushes into long term sickness.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
‘Good work and good health go hand in hand’ Minister Sir Stephen Timms welcomes the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Here for @healthfoundation.bsky.social Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives launch, with Chris Rocks setting out recommendations including a 1 year job guarantee.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
*Probably isn't it.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New OpEd about the 10YP by @hughalderwick.bsky.social & Pheobe Dunn. www.bmj.com/content/388/... We need a new metaphor to show why we need investment + reform, to counter the cliche about pouring money into a broken system. Like, tou wouldn't just stick new buttons onto an old Nokia*.
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Labour’s 10 year plan for the English NHS
Government must provide hope, clarity, and investment The NHS is in crisis after a decade of austerity, covid-19, and political failures since 2010 that weakened the health service and constrained wh...
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"A lot of what we do is putting a sticking plaster on the gaping wound of poverty" - GP in Gateshead speaking to @theguardian.com youtu.be/hV6fzbRUQKM?...
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A day in the life of a ‘failing’ NHS: ‘Fix poverty, fix health’
YouTube video by The Guardian
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
As @torstenbell.bsky.social points out, people realise that ‘My health is affecting everything else in my life’ - including their ability to work. So investment in the building blocks of health is 'pro-growth'. Good to have this perspective inthe Treasury. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister
Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
On the wider determinants of health - how can #AI address poverty? Helping people to access benefits? That’s what keeps @hetanshah.bsky.social awake at night #REALChallenge
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Interesting that #Equality and #Equity are near the top of #REALchallenge viewers’ priorities for govt
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Ironically OpenAI doesn’t publish its water and energy use #REALChallenge
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@hetanshah.bsky.social cites @ippr.bsky.social commission on health & prosperity to broaden out the view of health and industrial, work and environment policy
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“We should aim to make UK a ‘shaper’ not just a ‘maker’ of #AI. Shape it to challenge rather than reinforce power dynamics” < important idea - we shouldn’t just passively accept inequalities
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
‘Poor old #AI is always glitchy bc once it works you just call it software.’ #REALchallenge
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
‘I’m nervous about anything being pumped into my veins’ - referring to govt hype about mainlining #AI #RealChallenge
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Theatre filling up for this year’s #REALChallenge lecture - first one I’ve been to live
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Yes I think that’s Siva’s argument - need to put some specificity around this agenda
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
When It Comes To Prevention Spending In The NHS, ‘Some Is Not A Number, Soon Is Not A Time’ | The King's Fund www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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When It Comes To Prevention Spending In The NHS, ‘Some Is Not A Number, Soon Is Not A Time’ | The King's Fund
If the government is serious about prioritising prevention, then some decisive, timely decisions need to be made about how money is distributed and managed in the NHS, says Siva Anandaciva.
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Roy Douglas @roydouglas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In Your Defence seeks to explain what criminal defence solicitors actually do. How can you defend someone you know to be guilty? Doesn’t the right of silence only protect the guilty? Don’t you just get people off on a technicality? These are some of the questions addressed. amzn.eu/d/inbMvlz
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In Your Defence: Dispatches from the criminal justice frontline
Buy In Your Defence: Dispatches from the criminal justice frontline by Douglas, Roy, Douglas, Roy (ISBN: 9798302280565) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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National Energy Action @nea.org.uk · 29/01/2025
Joe Farrington-Douglas, Senior Fellow @healthequals.bsky.social, talks about life expectancy in the UK. Life expectancy varies by 16 years between the healthiest and unhealthiest areas. #FuelPovertyConf
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Committed to use our voice and MP network in tandem with NEA to call for #fuelpoverty support as a national commitment in the NHS 10 year plan.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Arrived - I knew it was a nightclub but wasn’t expecting a disco ball 🪩
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Arriving at #FuelPovertyConf in Liverpool to talk about #HealthInequalities and housing - and announce that National Energy Action are joining Health Equals as supporters.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Cheeky - or cynical - of the stove industry to try and highjack #cleanairnight. Wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home, even with the newest stoves. www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni...
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Clean Air Night
Did you know that lighting fires in our homes is the largest source of harmful small particle air pollution in the UK? If you didn’t, you’re not alone! Wood burning harms our health and the environmen...
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Watch our Clean Air Night film - The Enlightening - and shine a light on the uncomfortable truth about wood burning. This hashtag #CleanAirNight, learn the facts about wood burning and share with your contacts, families and communities.
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Clean Air Night 2024 - The Enlightening: Shining a light on the truth about wood burning
Did you know that lighting fires in our homes is the largest source of harmful small particle air pollution in the UK? This type of air pollution can cause l...
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Great to see @gwynnemp.bsky.social again at the launch of the #BlackHealth APPG knowledgeable, humane and passionate as ever. Pleased @healthequals.bsky.social can support CAHN to run this campaign
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Alex Chapman @alchap.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
New NEF analysis out today. Amid rumours that gvt will expand Heathrow, Luton and Gatwick airports, we show that doing so would wipe out the benefit of the government's Clean Power Plan (i.e. the sprint for zero carbon electricity by 2030) within 5 years of expanded operation. /1
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Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
"How long you live shouldn’t depend on where you live, yet this is still a harsh reality for many." 🗣️ Great to hear them include what one of our Parliamentary Champions, @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social, had to say about the shocking data from her constituency. ⤵️
“How long you live shouldn’t depend on where you live, yet this is still a harsh reality for many. I’m deeply concerned, though sadly not surprised, to learn that life expectancy in Liverpool Riverside is among the lowest in the UK. Systemic inequalities such as income disparities, poor housing conditions, and air pollution are key contributors to this injustice. It doesn’t have to be this way - poverty is a political choice - which is why I am committed to narrowing these gaps and championing the campaign for health equality in Parliament”.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Also about their belief systems relating to ceilings.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Not a personal criticism and it's good that they've recognised it, just a sign of how intertwined commercial food industry interests are in the world of politics.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
One of the DHSC's three key priorities is the shift to #prevention. The DHSC's lead Non-Exec Director is required to recuse himself from any discussions or activity in the department that relate to nutrition, diet, and food. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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DHSC register of board members' interests, 2024 to 2025
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Is Polly just doing this for Tom?
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Because you *could* implement it within 1 term and show benefits within (likely) 2 terms. Sounds like you think the commission is also pointless. What’s your advice? Ignore?
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Welcome to Bluesky @healthequals.bsky.social
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea... "the NHS has somehow become charged with the chimeric task of preventing disease, when the only cost-effective way of doing so is by improving the socio-economic conditions in which people live."
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It will take more than cash to repair the NHS
Labour must make hard decisions on the future of social care.
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Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Following the election, the @healthfoundation.bsky.social set out four actions critical to underpinning the health mission. Recent blog from @joefd.bsky.social sets out international examples that the government could look to for inspiration. ⬇️⬇️ www.health.org.uk/features-and...
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International best practice can help government deliver its health mission
When it comes to putting health at the heart of government, Joe Farrington-Douglas explores the opportunities to learn from and close the gap with international peers.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
UK ministers warned housing crisis puts plans for NHS and economy at risk
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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
📢 NEW BLOG 📢 In which @stephenboydippr.bsky.social says that the Scottish government, in rushing to address winter fuel poverty, may have overlooked key questions: could the funds be better spent elsewhere to alleviate poverty, and are they reaching those most in need? www.ippr.org/articles/wha...
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What is the value of the winter fuel payment in Scotland? | IPPR
The reaction to the Chancellor’s decision to abolish the winter fuel payment (WFP) was strangely paradoxical.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
More detail on the new Plan for Change featuring a graphic that shows the #FairerBritain #HealthInequalities mission survives! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6751af...
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
More about that mission in my blog and working paper: www.health.org.uk/news-and-com...
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International best practice can help government deliver its health mission
When it comes to putting health at the heart of government, Joe Farrington-Douglas explores the opportunities to learn from and close the gap with international peers.
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The long-term focus should be on rebuilding the nation’s health by ensuring that people live longer healthier lives and, critically, tackling deep inequalities in health between different parts of the country. www.health.org.uk/news-and-com...
health.org.uk
The Health Foundation responds to Prime Minister's 'Plan For Change'
The Health Foundation responds to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's 'Plan For Change'
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Milestone 5 = clean power by 2030 [this policy area includes warm homes plan - a key area for health longer term]
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Milestone 4 = "the best start in life for every child… With a record proportion of five-year olds starting school ready to learn." [could tackle a key building block of health, if it reduces inequality, not just more formal teaching in early years].
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Milestone 2 = 1.5 million new homes [building block Where we live] - but it doesn't specify social housing. Milestone 3 = 'bobbies on the beat' - ['our communities' building block - but only if it actually reduces antisocial behaviour, which would have been a better outcome measure].
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The other new 'milestones' could also support health inequalities by tackling key building blocks of health: Milestone 1 = higher living standards "in every region" of the country [building block: money in our pockets - but closing inequality/ poverty is more important than average]
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Just hope that the DHSC and Mission Delivery Unit energies aren't all directed into the elective care waiting time milestone. "What's measured is what's done."
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