Growing health inequalities within local authorities suggest a need for a renewed focus on addressing poverty and child development

摘要

The Marmot Review (2010) developed health measures to monitor the progress of health inequalities and their social determinants.Professor Sir Michael Marmot analyses the data two years on and shows that while there is slight improvement on some measures, inequalities are rising in others. There is still a need to address poverty and focus on child development and education.