Written questions

Health: Southampton Itchen

Commons · Question 1847 · Tabled 25 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Aug 2024

Question

Asked by Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of health inequalities in Southampton Itchen constituency; and what steps he plans to take to tackle those inequalities.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 1 Aug 2024

As part of our health mission, the Government is committed to ensuring that people live well for longer. This includes tackling the determinants that underpin stark health inequalities, to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and p...