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Life Expectancy: Equality

Asked by Dr Beccy CooperLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 September 2024UIN 2667

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a health mission to tackle the (a) social determinants of health and (b) regional gap in healthy life expectancy.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

The Government has established a mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of this mission, the Government will tackle the social determinants of health, with the aim of halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions in England.

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