We have separate pages on Child Poverty, Community Development and Health and on Benefits and health
- We know what makes us ill.
- When we are ill we are told
- That it’s you who will heal us.
- When we come to you
- Our rags are torn off us and you listen all over our naked body.
- As to the cause of our illness one glance at our rags would tell you more.
- It is the same cause that wears out our bodies and our clothes.
Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956. Worker’s Speech to a Doctor
- Pharmacists’ union signs joint letter to government on prescription charge increase proposal 2022-11-11
- The Tories are attempting something even Thatcher and austerity could not achieve 2020-11-10
- Tory dependency argument and free school meals 2020-10-27
- Covid-19: food and health inequalities and the future of public health nutrition 2020-05-20
- HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND POVERTY’S CAUSES — GET IT STRAIGHT! 2019-01-23
- A new social contract with the British people 2018-04-09
- Speech to SHA AGM 2018 2018-04-04
- How poor is poor? The many dimensions of poverty in the UK 2018-03-25
- DWP’s claims about Universal Credit 2018-03-01
- Paying for over the counter items 2018-02-07
- On Health Inequalities, Davos, and Deadly Neoliberalism 2018-02-02
- Universal Credit? Never heard of it 2017-12-22
- The centrality of poverty 2017-12-19
- The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions 2017-10-05
- The Politics of Poverty 2017-06-30
- Food poverty and food aid in 21st century UK: a view from anthropology 2017-04-21
- The truth about benefits sanctions 2017-04-01
- ‘Dangerous’ new changes planned to force sick people into work – or into poverty 2017-02-28
- Smokers in deprived area put off by cost and faff of electronic cigarettes 2016-11-08
- Where you live can kill you 2016-09-01
- Unequal beginnings 2016-04-16
- Why A ‘National Living Wage’ Is Not A Real Living Wage 2016-03-28
- Attacking the roots of inequality 2016-03-18
- Why we’re opposed to “Jobs on prescription” 2016-03-08
- Measuring child poverty: proposed changes will push families into unacceptable hardship 2016-02-12
- TACKLING INEQUALITY — CAN YOU FOLLOW THE MONEY? 2015-12-07
- Childhood poverty and adult health 2015-10-19
- Neoliberal epidemics: How inequality makes us sick 2015-08-24
- Who are the top football teams in the health league? 2015-05-21
- The protective effects of social democratic welfare states during recessions 2015-03-20
- Using Information to Challenge Health Inequalities 2015-01-22
- Protecting Children, Empowering All 2015-01-19
- Hunger and the election campaign 2015-01-14
- Inequality and children in the UK 2013-06-29
- Why Free School Meals for All? 2013-06-26
- Co–production addressing health inequalities 2012-11-03
- Health inequalities in Scotland and England: the translation of ideas between research and policy 2012-10-10
- The Health Effects of Unemployment 2012-08-01
- Life Expectancy at birth in London 2012-07-21
- Welfare advice in primary care: A qualitative study of service user and staff perceptions 2012-06-27
- The impact of national welfare reforms on Wolverhampton, alongside other disruptive factors, 2011-2017 2012-06-27
- DWP’s Benefit Sanctions 2014-10-09
- New actions to address the North-South health divide 2014-09-19
- Why is Labour demonising the poor and widening social inequalities? 2014-08-23
- Proposed amendments to Stability and Prosperity 2014-05-12
- Proposed amendments to Living Standards and Sustainability 2014-05-10
- Income Distribution and Poverty 2014-04-30
- Why paying people the Living Wage should be a Public Health priority 2014-04-06
- Health Inequalities 2014-03-19
- The impact of welfare reform – time for action 2014-02-27
- A price worth paying? The toxic health legacy of Thatcherism 2014-02-16
- Two cheap ways councils can fight health inequality 2014-01-20
- The north loses out yet again under NHS funding proposals 2013-10-22
- Austerity policies and Liverpool citizens 2013-09-14
- Health and Social Security 2013-09-12
- Health inequalities 2012 2012-06-06
- Citizens Advice Bureaux In General Practice 2013-04-06
- Deprivation and mortality – Where’s the connection? 2013-06-19
- Is the Longer Lives website useful to local communities? 2013-06-21
- Tackling Health Inequality 2013-04-10
- What Sort of NHS Do We Want? 2012-11-05
- Austerity and Health – Economics of a Plan B 2013-05-29
- The Politics of Social Care 2012-07-09
- Alas ATOS 2013-05-25
- The Acheson Report 1998
- Acorn – a classification of residential neighbourhoods
- An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK Report of the National Equality Panel 2010
- Better Health Better Wales 1998
- Big Society innovation aims to get families out of deprivation 2011
- Black Report 1980
- Bridging the Income Gap Why Inequality is Hazardous to Your Health
- Centre for Social Justice, Canada
- Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice
- Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics
- Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion LSE
- Church Action on Poverty
- The distributional effect of the 2008 Pre-Budget Report
- Do Oscar Winners Live Longer than Less Successful Peers? A Reanalysis of the Evidence
- Does income inequality cause health and social problems? 2011
- Don’t forget the spending cuts! The real impact of Budget 2010
- The effect of economic recession on population health 2009
- Effect of social deprivation on blood pressure monitoring and control in England 2008
- English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2006
- Equality Trust
- European Health Inequalities Portal
- European Anti Poverty Network
- Experian’s Mosaic – a categorisation system which includes the rich.
- The Facts of Inequality Dr Martin O’Neill 2010
- For richer, for poorer: Tribune 2007
- Global impact of income inequality on health by age: an observational study BMJ 2007
- Governmental Minimum Income Standards
- Health Challenge England – next steps for Choosing Health October 2006
- Health Committee enquiry into inequality 2009 Government response
- Health divides – Where you live can kill you 2016
- Health for all? A critical analysis of public health policies in eight European countries Swedish National Institute of Public Health 2008
- Health Impacts of Cold Homes and Fuel Poverty 2011
- Health inequalities 2012 – submission to the Labour Party
- Health Inequalities – Dept of Health 2012
- Health Inequalities John Reid Secretary of State for Health, 28th November 2003
- Health Inequalities statistics
- Health Inequalities Conference 2003 2011
- Health Inequalities Hub (Ireland)
- Health inequalities in Scotland and England: the translation of ideas between research and policy 2012
- Health Inequalities Intervention Tool
- Health inequalities politics and policy under New Labour Alex Scott-Samuel 2000
- Health inequalities: progress and next steps 2008
- Health inequalities – the Scottish experience and response conference Edinburgh June 2009
- Health Inequality Now seminar 2012
- Health Inequality in Scotland and England seminar 2012
- Health is Wealth Commission, Liverpool
- Health Variations Programme 1996 to 2001
- Health, Wealth and Poverty Conference November 1992
- “The Healthy Society” Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health 2007
- How much can money buy happiness? Is the debate over for the Easterlin Paradox?
- The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier by Richard G Wilkinson Polly Toynbee’s review 2005
- Income and Health SHA 1996 Richard Wilkinson and Alison Quick
- Income and health – from a minimum wage to a citizen income? Watkins 2010
- Income Inequality and Mortality BMJ 2000
- Income inequality, democracy and health: A global portrait Michael E. Shin 2002
- Incomes Data Services
- Indices of Deprivation 2010 (England)
- Inequality and social cohesion
- Influence Of Income On Health: Views Of An Epidemiologist Marmot 2002
- Institute of Health Equity
- International Society for Equity in Health
- The Inverse Care Law Julian Tudor Hart 1971
- Is poverty in the UK a denial of people’s human rights?
- Is the NHS equitable? A review of the evidence – Dixon, Le Grand et al 2003
- Justice, Inequality, and Health 2008
- Labour accused of failing poorest Financial Times 2008
- Life expectancy at birth around the UK
- Life Expectancy at birth in London map 2012
- Linking social structure and individual vulnerability Richard Wilkinson 2004
- Local Authority Health Profiles
- London’s Poverty Profile
- Low income linked to poorer health in both U.S. and England, despite different health systems 2012
- Marmot Review -presentations on equity and health
- Mental Health, Resilience and Inequalities 2009
- The Message of Redistribution Disadvantage, public policy and the human good Jonathan Wolff 2003
- Minding the gap – Does target setting reduce health inequalities? 2009
- Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion
- Multilevel Analysis Of The Geography of Health Inequalities
- Narrowing the Gap report Fabians 2006
- National Equality Panel
- National strategy to reduce social inequalities in health – Norway 2007
- Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
- New Opportunities White Paper – Fair Chances for the Future 2009
- NICE Citizens Council report on health inequalities – 2006
- North – South divide (BMJ 2004)
- Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network
- Personal Income and Wealth ONS
- Population Health Forum University of Washington
- Poverty and Health World Bank
- Poverty and inequality in the UK: 2007
- Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK
- Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005
- Poverty, inequality and human rights
- Profile of the Nation’s Health
- Public attitudes to economic inequality JRF July 2007
- Public attitudes to health inequalities and social determinants of health National Social Marketing Centre 2008 (costs £7)
- The public health effect of economic crises and alternative policy responses in Europe: an empirical analysis
- Reaching Out: An Action Plan on Social Exclusion 2006
- A Reappraisal of the Inverse Care Law 2010
- Reflections on the Development of Health Inequalities Policy in the United Kingdom by Adam Oliver 2008
- The relationship between poverty, affluence and area 2005
- Sick Society? Radio 4 Analysis September 2012
- Scottish Indices of Deprivation 2003
- Social Determinants of Health Book Review 2000
- Social Exclusion and Health Politics Included 2000
- Social Protection & Social Inclusion European Commission
- State of the nation report: poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency in the UK 2010
- Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010
- Sustainable development is key to tackling health inequalities and climate change 2010
- Tackling inequalities in life expectancy in areas with the worst health and deprivation National Audit Office 2010
- Tackling Health Inequalities in the UK: What is the Government doing? 2003
- Tackling Health Inequalities: Status Report on the Programme for Action – Scientific Reference Group of Health Inequalities 2005
- Tackling health inequalities since the Acheson Inquiry (Joseph Rowntree Foundation – pdf file) 2003
- Tackling health inequalities: 2007 Status Report on the Programme for Action
- Targetting Poor Health in Wales (summary of Peter Townsend’s report)
- Unnatural Causes
- Westminster Hall Debate on Health Inequality 9 Oct 2007
- What are your chances in life?
- What Happens When the Poor Receive a Stipend? 2014
- What is Poverty – Ireland
- Why inequality matters Ben Jackson and Paul Segal October 2004
- Who owns health inequalities? Lancet 2010
- Without Walls – Towards Health and Well-being in Scotland in the Twenty-first Century
- World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health