The scale of the health-related economic inactivity crisis is greater in the North of England, with workers more likely to lose their job due to ill health.
Our #HealthforWealth report sets out recommendations to address this disparity:
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Since 2019, economic inactivity rates in the North have been rising ten times faster than the growth of the working-age population.
Our #HealthforWealth report exposes shocking findings around inequities people in the North are facing.
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“The scale of the problem means there is still so much more to do”.
As our Executive Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social outlines, our #HealthforWealth report underscores the need for health and economy to be considered together in future policy.
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In November, @healthequitynorth.bsky.social published a new #HealthforWealth report, seven years on from the original landmark report.
It reveals that closing the North-South health divide could create economic gains of £18.4bn per year.
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Ahead of the Budget, we brought together 22 members of the NHSA Council and Board to sign a letter to the Chancellor, asking for urgent action to tackle the North-South health divide highlighted in our #HealthforWealth report.
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Ahead of the Budget last month, we brought together 22 members of the NHSA Council and Board to sign a letter to the Chancellor asking for urgent action to tackle the North-South health divide highlighted in our #HealthforWealth report.
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Dr @lukemunford.bsky.social, Academic Co-director of Health Equity North and Senior Lecturer at @manchester.ac.uk, has co-authored our new #HealthforWealth report, outlining new research on the North-South health divide and its impact on productivity.
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Since 2019, economic inactivity rates in the North of England have been rising ten times faster than the growth of the working-age population.
Our #HealthforWealth report exposes shocking findings on inequities people in the North are facing.
Read more👉 www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...
“We need to ensure that people are not only healthy enough to be able to work, but also healthy enough to thrive in employment.”
Our Academic Co-director @profbambra.bsky.social of @newcastleuni.bsky.social co-authors the new #HealthforWealth report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...
The scale of the health-related economic inactivity crisis is greater in the North of England, with workers more likely to lose their job due to ill health.
Our new #HealthforWealth report sets out recommendations to address this disparity:
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/poor-health-...
In the letter to the Chancellor, northern leaders – including NHS Trust CEOs and university Pro-Vice Chancellors and Deans - ask the Chancellor to take forward the recommendations set out in a new #HealthforWealth report.
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Regional inequalities in health, wages and economic inactivity have deepened since our first #HealthforWealth report in 2018, placing a financial burden on the economy and stagnating possible productivity growth.
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📨22 northern health experts are urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP to invest in improving the health of people in the North of England as a route to boosting economic growth following the @healthequitynorth.bsky.social #HealthforWealth report launched last week
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Our new #HealthforWealth report shows that improving physical and mental health through a variety of policy changes, proactive health programmes and empowering local authorities, could deliver transformative economic benefits.
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Our new #HealthforWealth report with academics from @newcastleuni.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk, @lancasteruni.bsky.social @teessideuni.bsky.social shows that £18.4bn a year could be raised for the UK economy if the health of the North improved
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New research published today by healthequitynorth.bsky.social finds that closing the health gap between the North and the rest of England could put an extra £18.4 billion into the economy per year.
Read the #HealthforWealth report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...
Our academics co-authored the #HealthforWealth report, which reveals that the relationship between health and productivity has become stronger over the last 7 years, placing a huge financial burden on the economy & stagnating possible productivity growth.
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Seven years ago, we published the #HealthforWealth report that illustrated the stark economic and health gap between the North and South of England. Today, new analysis shows that widening gap remains, and that urgent action must be taken to reverse the huge impact of the divide
