The publication of the report Health Inequality in England: The Marmot Review Ten Years On last month set out some compelling and difficult findings for Government and policy-makers. Charting progress since his initial report in 2010, Sir Michael Marmot pulls no punches as he describes improvements in life expectancy as ‘slow[ing] dramatically, almost grinding to a halt’ since 2011. Indeed, for part of the decade 2010-2020, life expectancy fell in the most-deprived communities outside London for women and in others for men.
It’s shocking that, in the 21st century and in the fifth-largest economy in the world, life expectancy is slowing and the social gradient in health outcomes (the difference between those from poor neighbourhoods and those from more affluent neighbourhoods) has become steeper.
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