On the contrary, as Sir Michael Marmot and I outlined in Prospect

“Britain is objectively sicker than it was a decade ago: people are dying earlier…more babies are dying in their first year of life than three years ago”

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The UK is facing a prolonged and serious health crisis.

With Bob Klaber Dr Annabel Sir Michael Marmot we outline the urgent need for action on the social determinants of health in our The BMJ Future of the NHS Commission piece.

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Sebastian Kraemer 💙 #EndFossil Sir Michael Marmot Our full paper for the reference above is available at the link in case of interest Danny Dorling News SoGE, University of Oxford

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'The individualistic approach to health assigns blame to those who show behaviours associated with ill health, and is a convenient mechanism for those in power to abrogate responsibility for creating the conditions for a healthy society'
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'The golden generation, those born between 1925 and 1934, saw remarkable improvements in mortality throughout their lifetimes,22 but the remainder of their lives were cut short since 2010'
Sir Michael Marmot
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We must act on the social determinants of health and place sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future to ensure a healthy society, argue experts in two new reports from The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS

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Fantastic piece by Sir Michael Marmot and colleagues 👇

Public health is all our responsibility

Attaining good health requires more than healthcare, and improvements in the NHS alone are inadequate to address the health crisis—action is needed on social determinants of health, say Dr Lucinda Hiam, Bob Klaber, Dr Annabel, & Sir Michael Marmot #BMJNHSCommission
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Cancer mortality is 75% higher in the UK's most vs least deprived localities. For advice on tackling these gross #health #inequities , 'Sir Michael Marmot Cities' are turning to the epidemiologist who defined the social determinants of health cancerworld.net/tackling-cance… #SDOH The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL

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Professor Danny Blanchflower economist & fisherman And austerity kills. It harmed health leading to widening health inequalities and declines in life expectancy among poorer places and prople in England. The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL Sir Michael Marmot

The minimum wage celebrated its 25th anniversay yesterday, as the hourly rate was increased to £11.44 an hour.

Here's what the policy has done to typical real pay rises of low-paid workers between 1998 and 2023:
bar staff 66%
cleaners 52%
sales assistants 40%
median earners 21%

'These Marmot Places show change is possible, and that does give me hope.”

More than 40 local authorities in England and Wales have committed to making a long term difference to the health of their communities who face deep inequality. How are they doing?
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There are now nine Marmot Places in England and Wales that have committed to making a long term difference to the health of their communities who face deep inequality.

What changes have they been able to make—and can they make a difference?
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Brilliant piece, Sam. At the end, George Osborne claims no one has changed his policies. He is acknowledging, correctly, that austerity continues. We can see its dire effects in the rise in child poverty, cold homes, and food insecurity; the shocking levels of destitution.

I wrote about what the Tories have done to the place
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Here Sir Michael Marmot lays out why Britain cannot move on from the Tories without properly facing up to the harm that they have caused: stalling life expectancy, particularly among women in England’s poorest communities—and widening inequalities.

We all need to live in a Marmot Place

There’s enough resources & know- how to make it happen

Just needs political will at national & international level

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What can be done by local places in spite of swathing local authority budget cuts (which damage people's social circumstances and widen health gaps) and lack of central government commitment to reducing #healthinequalities Sir Michael Marmot