The state of health inequalities in the UK is an injustice that must be urgently addressed; doctors are no longer able to keep picking up the pieces of systemic failures ...

The findings confound predictions in some quarters that disadvantaged children, who had worse mental health to start with, would be hardest hit. But even if child mental health has become more equal, ...

CQC chief inspector of primary care Professor Bola Owolabi CBE sets out how smarter regulation can support GP practices in ...

Health equity and health equality both aim to improve outcomes and increase access to services, especially for underserved populations and marginalized groups. Equity and equality in healthcare are ...

Study analyzed 7 major health themes across 185 countries before and after the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic significantly widened existing economic and health disparities between wealthy ...

Many social and economic factors have a significant impact on one's well-being. Food, water, shelter, education, decent employment, safe working conditions, and so on are all essential for good health ...

Adapted from "Inequality Kills Us All: Covid-19’s Health Lessons for the World," by Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., M.P.H. In 1992, a publication appeared in the British Medical Journal written by Richard ...

Gilbert Gee and Annie Ro depict systemic racism as the hidden base of an iceberg 10 (see illustration in online appendix exhibit 1). 11 The iceberg’s visible part represents the overt racism that ...

Central to the government’s 10-Year Health Plan, neighbourhood health services will bring NHS care closer to home and provide better support for people, including those with complex conditions, ...

Does living in an unequal society make people unhappy? Not necessarily, reveals the largest study ever conducted on the ...