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Health inequalities represent a serious and continuing injustice across the country.

Conclusion
Health inequalities represent a serious and continuing injustice across the country. The almost 20-year gap in healthy life expectancy between different parts of the country is morally unacceptable. While the government has set out the right vision for a cross government mission to tackle health inequalities we do not think that approach is being delivered in practice. (Conclusion, Paragraph 32)
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Recommendation age 0.1 yrs
Report published 12 Jun 2026