Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Network

A decade after Sir Michael Marmot’s landmark research “Fair Society, Healthy Lives”, a review was published in February, “Health Equity in England: Marmot Review,10 years on” at the outset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It revealed that the health gap has widened between poor and wealthy areas, improvements to life expectancy have stalled and in fact declined for the poorest, particularly women, and the importance of place on health.

The pandemic, and the wider governmental and societal response, have brought these health inequalities into sharp focus. There is early evidence which suggests that some of the social determinants of health, including obesity, ethnicity, deprivation, poor mental health, and socio-economic status are contributing to higher levels of COVID-19 related deaths. Measures to control the spread of the virus are likely to have significant longer term implications on health inequalities, related morbidity and mortality of certain groups of people, for example those experiencing social isolation, financial insecurity and domestic abuse.

How do we mitigate the impact of COVID-19 to more deprived and excluded groups? This webinar will explore the health inequalities exposed by COVID-19 and look at how they can be addressed.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity is the keynote speaker and we will also hear from local case study areas on how they and their Health and Wellbeing Boards are leading on the wider determinants of health and tackling health inequalities.

Speakers include:

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity
Councillor Kamran Caan, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Sport, Coventry City Council
Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Coventry City Council
Councillor Asher Craig, Deputy Mayor (Communities, Equalities & Public Health), Bristol City Council

This is a virtual Zoom webinar.