Health: Equality
Lords · Question HL9936 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Bird
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement a national strategy to support local decision-makers in adopting measures to reduce health inequalities.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 11 Sep 2025
The United Kingdom faces significant health inequalities, with healthy life expectancy varying widely across and between communities. To tackle the gap in healthy life expectancy, health inequalities will be a golden thread running through work across the...