Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 2667

Life Expectancy: Equality

Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 2 September 2024

Question

Dr Beccy Cooper

LabourWorthing West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a health mission to tackle the (a) social determinants of health and (b) regional gap in healthy life expectancy.

Answer

The Government has established a mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of this mission, the Government will tackle the social determinants of health, with the aim of halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the r...

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