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Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

📣📣📣 Absolutely fabulous job opportunity @healthfoundation.bsky.social for a Public Health Consultant with the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities through transforming prevention policy - in its broadest sense - across the UK! Please share ☺️ lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/ca...

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Hiring Assistant Director, - Salisbury Square, EC4Y 8AP

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

How do we unlock the potential of large public sector institutions anchored in local communities to bridge the gap between health and the economy? Frini Chantzi explores the role anchor institutions can play aligning local economic activity with broader social goals ⬇️ buff.ly/TyJWmuF

'It’s a win-win situation: greater anchor activity can support the government’s health and growth missions, making more effective use of existing resources and helping to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities.'
Frini Chantzi, Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

What influences health inequalities? Our Evidence Hub has been updated and expanded, with the latest insights into the impact of inequalities by deprivation, geography, ethnicity and disability. Explore the evidence ⬇️ buff.ly/UGXrClY

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Health inequalities | The Health Foundation

Improvements in life expectancy have stalled and there are wide inequalities in health within and between local areas

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Insightful blog from @employmentstudies.bsky.social reflecting on their recent report for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support, looking at how the UK compares to 14 EU countries on long-term ill health and employment ⬇️

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

2025 could be a pivotal year for enabling local and devolved government to improve health, argues Katherine Merrifield. However, continuing financial pressures risk undermining the potential of new policies to empower local areas. Read more from Katherine ⬇️ buff.ly/42SCyvS

'We need more than just positive rhetoric – we need a concerted, long-term commitment to fairer funding and the empowerment of local authorities and Combined Authorities to lead in improving health.' Katherine Merrifield, Assistant Director of Healthy Lives at the Health Foundation

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

However, since its high point in 2015/16, its value has been progressively eroded and is now 26% per person lower in real terms despite today's announcement. At the same time – smoking aside – many of the conditions it's design to manage and prevent have continued to increase. 4/

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The grant funds councils to provide a whole range of services to improve health and tackle inequalities. This includes drug and alcohol, tobacco, and weight management services, as well as sexual health services, health visitors, and programmes to tackle some of the wider determinants of health. 2/

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The details of the 2025/26 PH grant allocations are now available, including the £200m uplift announced first thing this morning. However, the grant value is still 26% lower per person in real terms than 2015/16. Short 🧵 on why today's uplift is important and why it needs to be just the start. 1/

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Responding to today's public health grant announcement, @admbriggs.bsky.social says it is a welcome first step in putting prevention at the heart of the government's agenda. After a decade of cuts, however, it needs to be backed up by a plan to restore the grant to 2015–16 levels ⬇️ buff.ly/4jPwvxZ

'The government placed prevention as a cornerstone of the health mission. While increasing the public health grant is very welcome, it will need to be backed up with a multi-year plan to fully restore the grant to 2015–16 levels by the end of this parliament.'
Adam Briggs, Senior Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Well timed report from @local.gov.uk on the need for a much clearer approach to health inequalities. Local gov is critical to narrowing the gap + great to see it feature @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social as a case study & refer to work from @healthfoundation.bsky.social www.local.gov.uk/about/news/g...

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Government urged to introduce national health inequalities strategy

The Government is being urged to introduce a national health inequalities strategy to tackle England’s widening health inequality gap, in a new report by the Local Government Association.

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

News! The public health grant has today received its first significant real-terms increase after a decade of neglect, something we - and others - have long been calling for. But it's still 26% down on 2015/16. More analysis once allocations published later.👀 www.health.org.uk/press-office...

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Public health grant funding – a welcome boost after a decade of neglect

The Health Foundation responds to the public health grant allocations.

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Sharlene McGee @sharlenemcgee.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The govt confirms councils' core spending will rise by 6.8% in 2025/26, compared w/ 6% previously announced, helping fund some vital services supporting good health. But given long-term underfunding & social care pressures councils will still turn to cuts & council tax rises to stabilise finances🧵

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Local Government Finance Report 2025 to 2026

The Local Government Finance Report for 2025 to 2026.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far! An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1

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Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Apparently a new runway at Heathrow could create 100,000 jobs. A home retrofit industry: hold my beer. www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/p...

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

In December, Wes Streeting told the Health and Social Care Committee that the announcement of the Public Health Grant allocations to local councils would be made in January...#clocksticking committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...

Except from the Health and Social Care Committee transcript where Wes Streeting says: "We will be making the public health grant allocations shortly—in fact, I am happy to say that we will be doing that in January, which is earlier than it normally comes, so that will give people the chance to plan ahead."

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

DHSC's now responded to the @houseoflords.parliament.uk 'Recipe for Health' report on how to fix our food system The response includes: -a new food strategy to come from Defra -recognition that it needs a cross-gov approach -industry to remain v much part of the solution www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Government response to the House of Lords food and health report

The government’s response to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee's report 'Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system'.

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

We're looking for a Senior Economist to join our team aiming to improve health and reduce inequalities. They'll lead a portfolio of analysis and research on factors affecting health, such as poverty and housing, and how health affects the economy. Apply by 2 February ⬇️ buff.ly/4hgZMjH

Senior Economist
(Economic determinants of health)
Permanent contract
Salary: £65,778 per annum plus excellent benefits
Application deadline: 2 February 2025, 23.59

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

We're proud to support @healthequals.bsky.social and their campaign to shape a society where each of us has access to the building blocks of good health. Explore Louis and Lorcan's story ⬇️

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

🧵 Insightful report from @employmentstudies.bsky.social for the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives, which we support, on workplace health and disability in Europe. The report finds that, compared to 14 other European countries, the UK is one of the worst performers 👇

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