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Dear colleague,
Next Tuesday from 12.00pm - 1.20pm, we will be hosting our webinar on Using Marmot principles to tackle health inequalities and COVID-19 and we would be delighted if you are able to attend. Further details and speakers are below.
A decade after Professor 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 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 COVID-19 pandemic, and the wider governmental and societal response, have brought 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.
How do we mitigate the impact of the virus on more deprived and excluded groups?
In this webinar, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity will discuss Health Equity in England: Marmot Review,10 years on.
We will also hear from speakers 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:
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Councillor Kamran Caan, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Sport, Coventry City Council
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Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, Coventry City Council
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Councillor Asher Craig, Deputy Mayor (Communities, Equalities & Public Health), Bristol City Council
This is a virtual Zoom webinar. To book your place, please register for the event here.
Please feel free to share this email with colleagues who may also be interested in attending; it is free to attend to all councils and Government departments.
Best wishes,
The LGA Events Team
Further details of all LGA's events can be found on our website
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