Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24967

Health: Disadvantaged

Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 23 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to deliver a fully funded cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities which (a) takes into account the wider determinants of health and (b) includes measurable goa

Answer

Our Health Mission in England focuses on addressing the social determinants of health, with the goal of halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions.We will work across Government and with a wide range of healthcare s...

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