Speakers will be announced across our channels soon. Find out more about our programme at #LabourPartyConference: www.thenhsa.co.uk/events/labou... @liverpooluni.bsky.social, @york.ac.uk, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, @healthequitynorth.bsky.social 2/2

Labour Party Conference 2026 events - The NHSA

At Labour Party Conference 2026, the NHSA will be hosting a programme of events that includes a private roundtable and three panel events.

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We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a programme of events at #LabourPartyConference2026 🎉 Through 3 panels and a private roundtable, we will convene sector experts to address key health policy issues, from child mental health to developing an impactful research ecosystem. 1/2

We are delighted to announce the speakers for our women’s health event on October 7 with @acmedsci.bsky.social The event will address the inequalities highlighted in our #WomanoftheNorth report to help translate evidence into delivery-ready priorities. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-hea...

Women’s health must always be a priority The next @acmedsci.bsky.social and @thenhsa.bsky.social North of England Cross Sector hub event will address inequalities highlighted in our #WomanoftheNorth report to translate evidence into priorities for policymakers www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-hea...

Women’s Health in the North of England – Turning evidence into action

A Northern Health Science Alliance and Academy of Medical Sciences North of England Cross-Sector Hub event

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Great to see our evidence in @resolutionfoundation.org latest analysis on an often-overlooked driver of inequalities: the places we live www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/a-ta... Our Ghost Towns report showed how the decline of England’s high streets is stark in the North & deprived areas

A tale of two high streets • Resolution Foundation

Morning all, Let me start with two disclaimers. First, I’m not an economist, and, as I may intimate below, I quite like poking fun at economists. Second, I’m on holiday and, being in the South of Spai...

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Liverpool is a UNICEF Child Friendly City 👏 It's great to see Liverpool recognised for its efforts in embedding children's rights into the city, but there is more to do. liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-is...

Join us in Sheffield on October 7 for expert keynote discussions, system-level debate, and focused deep-dives on women’s health to translate evidence into delivery-ready policy priorities. @healthequitynorth.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-hea...

Women’s Health in the North of England – Turning evidence into action

A Northern Health Science Alliance and Academy of Medical Sciences North of England Cross-Sector Hub event

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Our Academic Co-Director @profkepickett.bsky.social spoke to @bbc5live.bsky.social yesterday about how child health and wellbeing in the UK continues to be among the worst in Europe – and what can be done to address this www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

5 Live Drive - 14/07/2026 - BBC Sounds

A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Clare McDonnell and Chris Warburton.

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Children are being left unsupported, unseen and exposed to avoidable harm, with services not safely and lawfully sharing and linking information.   Connected data could be the key to transforming children’s services and boosting the UK economy.     1/3

Great to see this important work featured in The Big Issue 🔊 Read the latest report from the Child of the North APPG, published by @healthequitynorth.bsky.social, here: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

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Children's mental health is at a crisis point, experts fear, as lack of funding and wider societal issues have hit some regions harder.

Getting people back into work requires investment in health & support - @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social makes the case in @politicshome.bsky.social ome. Our return to work report shows reducing health inequalities is key to improving employment outcomes www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

To cut welfare spending, we must get people back into work – but a punitive system won’t help

If work is to be the route out of poverty – which, with nearly four million people in work living in poverty, it currently isn’t – the system must ...

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Children and young people’s mental health issues are rising; demand for services is exceeding capacity. In order to thrive, young people need to be supported throughout their lives, not just at crisis point. Read the Child of the North APPG’s new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

Yesterday, we were proud to be in Parliament to launch the latest report from the Child of the North APPG: ‘Building a Preventative Mental Health System for Children and Young People’. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

THREAD Children and young people’s mental health is at crisis, with services overwhelmed and families struggling. Nearly 1 in 5 primary school children now have a probable mental health disorder and 385,000 children are still waiting for support www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/childrens-me...

This #LonelinessAwarenessWeek, we want to spotlight our Ageing in the North report. For older people, loneliness can have a massive impact on quality of life, being linked to serious physical and mental health issues. www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...

@lpoolcouncil.bsky.social’s report ’The Health of Women in Liverpool’ spotlights the health burden faced by women in Liverpool and calls for much-needed change. Women in the North deserve better, and reports like this show how a wide perspective is needed to tackle health inequalities.

“This cannot be treated simply as a labour market issue – it is also a health equity issue” Academic Co-Director @lukemunford.bsky.social comments on the new Young people and work report, which shows that nearly 1 million young people in the UK are NEET. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/hen-academic...

Congratulations to our Academic Co-Director @profkepickett.bsky.social (@york.ac.uk) who has become the UK’s first-ever Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science and has been chosen as an expert on a Consultative Council to a UN-endorsed International Panel of Inequality (IPI) 🎉

Kate Pickett named Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science

Professor Kate Pickett OBE, a leading epidemiologist at the University of York, has become the UK's first-ever Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science.

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“Years of economic decline, austerity, cuts to public services, and widening inequalities have left many communities more vulnerable to poor mental health, substance misuse, and preventable early deaths” 1/2

We’re delighted that our Academic Co-Director Professor David Taylor-Robinson of the @liverpooluni.bsky.social has been awarded a prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/health-equit...

11-17th May is Mental Health Awareness Week, with this year’s theme ‘Action: awareness is vital, real change comes when we take action too’. Throughout Health Equity North’s work, we have called for meaningful and sustained action to improve the mental health of the North.

Poor diet is a major risk factor for avoidable ill health and mortality, with high salt diets negatively impacting heart, brain, and kidney health. This salt awareness week, we are spotlighting our ’Food, Health and Nutrition’ report, published with the Nutrition North network. 1/3

Academic Co-Director @profbambra.bsky.social led the @healthierfutures.bsky.social’s Annual Lecture, drawing upon her new book ’Getting Better: The Policy and Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities’ 1/2

April is Head and Neck cancer awareness month. Our latest report, published with the Northern Head and Neck Alliance (NHNA), shows the need for increased awareness of this illness and its unequal impact on people in the North and Scotland. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

This report from the @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows the clear geographical divide in healthy life expectancy, with Blackpool and Hartlepool facing the lowest years in good health, on average. In contrast, London was the only region that saw an improvement.

The Health Foundation@healthfoundation.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our analysis highlights the UK’s health is declining and underlines urgency of our mission to build a healthier UK. Findings show that over the past decade, healthy life expectancy in the UK fell by 2 years, to 60.7 years for males and 60.9 years for females. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/48s8Csp

We welcome the Government’s commitment to improving women’s health and tackling inequalities in the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy. Our Woman of the North work highlights the challenges facing women in the North, but also champions these women. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...

Emergency head and neck cancer cases occur almost twice as often among individuals from the most socioeconomically deprived backgrounds. Read more about how these inequalities can be tackled in our later report, with the NHNA: www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...

Health outcomes should never depend on where you live. This #WorldHealthDay, we stand with science - and with communities - to tackle the deep‑rooted health inequalities across the North of England. www.who.int/campaigns/wo...

The Government has announced a major investment to bring new or improved health centres directly into local communities. Our Executive Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social has issued a statement following this news: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-u...

Government Unveils Major Plan to Bring Healthcare Closer to Home - Health Equity North

The Government has today (Thursday 26th March, 2026)announced a major investment to bring new or improved health centres directly into local communities. A £50 million investment will see 27 neighbour...

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Head and neck cancer is a major public health inequality issue, an exemplar of an under-prioritised cancer with rising incidence, persistently poor survival and wider inequalities. Read why there is a need for urgent action in our report, with the NHNA: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...