Public health and inequalities

What is the state of the population's health? See our work and analysis on public health and inequalities in England.

Overview

Time to Think Differently

Graphic showing people with liver disease

Our Time to Think Differently programme looks at public health and health inequalities

How healthy are we?

We set out some basic facts on the state of the English population’s health.

Reading Room

Want to know more?

For more resources on public health and inequalities, including reading lists, database searches and useful web pages, visit our Reading Room.

Relevant publications

Improving the allocation of health resources in England How to decide who gets what

11 Apr 2013

David Buck, Anna Dixon

Health policy under the coalition government A mid-term assessment

28 Nov 2012

Sarah Gregory, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham

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From the blog

Where to begin?

14 Feb 2013

David Buck

Why aren’t we spending money on improving health outcomes?

7 Feb 2013

David Halpern

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Relevant events

Reducing unwarranted variations in health care

14 Sep 2011

This event looked at how patterns of variations can support health professionals to meet the QIPP challenges of £20 billion efficiency savings by 2014/15.

Public health system reform summit

Getting the balance right

13 Jul 2011

The second summit in our changing the health care landscape series considered some of the core challenges and solutions to successful public health reform.

Nudging improvements in public health

A Big Society breakfast event

18 Jan 2011

The third event in the Big Society and health series covered the implications of the government's public health White Paper and the potential for nudge to prompt behavioural change.

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