Today, Child of the North – led by @N8Research & Health Equity North  – and @CFYoungLives unveils the third in a series of reports on how the Government and Opposition can reset their vision for children to put the life chances of young people at the heart of policy making & delivery.

Why are so many children in #Blackpool in care?

Professor David Taylor-Robinson from University of Liverpool tells us why

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Thanks to Kay Burley Sky News for inviting our Children in Care in the North report co-author and Health Equity North Academic Co-Director Professor David Taylor-Robinson to talk about the findings and recommendations this morning. Read the full report at: healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/Ch…

Read our latest Health Equity North newsletter, which features an overview of our Child of the North APPG Children in Care in the North report launch and its far-reaching political and media impact

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Our research has found there are deep intersectional inequalities in the care system - mixed heritage populations experience particularly high levels of both socioeconomic and ethnic inequity in care rates

Read more in our Child of the North report healthequitynorth.co.uk/children-in-th…

Read our written evidence about the uneven burden of decline of the high street and its health impacts here! 👇

with thanks to Luke Munford Adam Todd Hannah Davies Professor Clare Bambra

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A new Child of the North APPG report published today by Health Equity North reveals the disproportionately high rates of children in care in the North and the £25bn cost placed on stretched services University of York University of Liverpool Emma Lewell-Buck MP Mary Robinson MP
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Academic co-director of Health Equity North
Prof David Taylor-Robinson speaks to Rob Parsons about Child of the North Children in Care report. From 32mins David discusses north-south divide regarding number of children in care - almost one in a hundred children in the North are in care

Our Children in Care in the North of England Child of the North report summarises evidence on ethnic inequalities in children’s chances of experiencing care in England, decreasing numbers of foster carers, private profiteering, education disadvantages & more healthequitynorth.co.uk/children-in-th…

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Today we celebrate Health Equity North’s one year anniversary - in just 12 months our institute, as part of NHSA, has…
published six reports and two research papers centring around health inequalities in the North

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Health Equity North Child of the North Proud to have led on this report. Proudest of the sections by Mia, Katelin & Amy. Listened, rapt, to the formidable Kirsty. And if you want to hear Wes Streeting and James Daly grilled on policies to prevent care entry, that’s at 16:45 shorturl.at/oqFW5

Great to see Emma Lewell-Buck MP and Kate Pickett highlighting the new Child of the North report into Children in Care on ITV News Tyne Tees
The North accounts for 28% of the child population, but 36% of the children are in care - the North East has the country’s highest overall care rate

My hometown Blackpool has today been identified as having the highest number of children in care in the country. Health Equity North found that 1 in 52 children there rely on the state for their protection. 

That is no coincidence. For decades, the government has failed to 🧵

Really excellent meeting. Horrific data on children in care being disproportionately represented in the North with lifelong impacts for them, but society too.
We need to send a copy to Government ministers

The ITV News Tyne Tees coverage of the Child of the North and Health Equity North report last night👀

Our APPG report on children in care has exposed the regional and social inequalities within the care system in England.
Read more about the findings and recommendations at healthequitynorth.co.uk/children-in-th…
Health Equity North University of York University of Liverpool N8 Research Partnership