Building back fairer in Greater Manchester and the country
A summary of our analyses in Greater Manchester (GM), and the northwest (NW) region, might be: the NW is like England as a whole only more so. The life expectancy drop in England in 2020 was 1.2 years in men and 0.9 years in women-shocking, but not as high as in the NW. COVID-19 mortality rates were...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:10137809 2023-12-24T10:17:54+01:00 Building back fairer in Greater Manchester and the country Marmot, M 2021-10 text https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137809/1/rsos.211454.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137809/ eng eng https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137809/1/rsos.211454.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137809/ open Royal Society Open Science , 8 (10) , Article 211454. (2021) COVID Greater Manchester build back fairer fairer inequality life expectancy Article 2021 ftucl 2023-11-27T13:07:34Z A summary of our analyses in Greater Manchester (GM), and the northwest (NW) region, might be: the NW is like England as a whole only more so. The life expectancy drop in England in 2020 was 1.2 years in men and 0.9 years in women-shocking, but not as high as in the NW. COVID-19 mortality rates were high in England; 25% higher in the NW. Inequalities in mortality are high in England; bigger in the NW. The title, Build Back Fairer, is a deliberate echo of the Build Back Better mantra, showing that the levels of social, environmental and economic inequality in society are damaging health and well-being. As the UK emerges from the pandemic, it would be a tragic mistake to re-establish the status quo that existed pre-pandemic-a status quo marked in England, over the decade from 2010, by a stagnation of health improvement that was more marked than in any rich country other than Iceland and the USA; by widening health inequalities; and by a fall in life expectancy in the most deprived 10% of areas outside London. That stagnation, those social and regional inequalities, and deterioration in health for the most deprived people are markers of a society that is not meeting the needs of its members. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University College London: UCL Discovery |
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A summary of our analyses in Greater Manchester (GM), and the northwest (NW) region, might be: the NW is like England as a whole only more so. The life expectancy drop in England in 2020 was 1.2 years in men and 0.9 years in women-shocking, but not as high as in the NW. COVID-19 mortality rates were high in England; 25% higher in the NW. Inequalities in mortality are high in England; bigger in the NW. The title, Build Back Fairer, is a deliberate echo of the Build Back Better mantra, showing that the levels of social, environmental and economic inequality in society are damaging health and well-being. As the UK emerges from the pandemic, it would be a tragic mistake to re-establish the status quo that existed pre-pandemic-a status quo marked in England, over the decade from 2010, by a stagnation of health improvement that was more marked than in any rich country other than Iceland and the USA; by widening health inequalities; and by a fall in life expectancy in the most deprived 10% of areas outside London. That stagnation, those social and regional inequalities, and deterioration in health for the most deprived people are markers of a society that is not meeting the needs of its members. |
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