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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Apr 16

Great to see @bhfpolicy.bsky.social calling for a health inequalities strategy as part of the fight against cardiovascular health inequalities.

BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · Apr 16

🆕 Out today, our new report 'Bridging Hearts' explores the inequalities which exist in cardiovascular risk, outcomes and care across 3 lenses: deprivation, sex and ethnicity.

We set out action that Govt and the health system should take to drive better outcomes for all 🫀

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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Apr 1

Good (but shocking) to see this research out today that we have supported, linking the housing affordability and the health inequalities crises.

Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social · Apr 1

Just 2.5% of private rentals in England are affordable for people on housing benefit – pushing many into homes that harm their health.

We're proud to support @crisis-uk.bsky.social's campaigning to spotlight the housing affordability crisis in the UK. 👇
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...

Only 2.5% of private rentals in England affordable on housing benefit, study finds

Exclusive: Charities say freeze to housing benefit will push more people into rent arrears and homelessness

www.theguardian.com

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Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social · Mar 19

"Being healthy is shaped by the world around us, from the homes we live in to the air we breathe and the money in our pockets." 🟢

Great to hear one of our Parliamentary Champions @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social ask Liz Kendall about the moral case for tackling the social determinants of health. 👇

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Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social · Mar 17

Benefits are a lifeline for people living with disabilities & ill health in the UK. 🔴

Any plans to cut them would make the UK's already stark health inequalities even worse.

Here’s what some of our members and supporters have said about the proposed plans to change health & disability benefits. 🧵

Benefits are a lifeline for many people living with disabilities and ill health in the UK. The government is considering making cuts to them. Here's what our members & supporters think.

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The Centre for Progressive Change @progressivechange.bsky.social · Mar 10

Workers can’t get well soon without #SafeSickPay.

Today our coalition gave the ‘Get workers well soon’ card & petition signed by thousands to Number 10 Downing Street & DWP HQ.

To strengthen Statutory Sick Pay the Government must raise the rate & stop plans to reduce sick pay for 300,000 workers.

Campaigners stand outside gates to Number 10 Downing Street with the Giant get well soon card, and signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

Campaigners stand outside entrance to Department for Work & Pensions with the Giant get well soon card, and signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

Campaigners stand outside in Parliament Square, with Big Ben in the background and the Giant get well soon card in front. Campaigners hold signs from MS Society, Leukeamia Care and Organise. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

Two women walk through Parliament square holding the Safe Sick Pay placard. Credit: Sylvie Pope Photography, Safe Sick Pay campaign

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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Mar 10

Gavin Kelly on the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives points out that you can’t live on basic Universal Credit or Statutory Sick Pay - makes people sicker and pushes into long term sickness.

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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Mar 10

‘Good work and good health go hand in hand’ Minister Sir Stephen Timms welcomes the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives

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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Mar 10

Here for @healthfoundation.bsky.social Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives launch, with Chris Rocks setting out recommendations including a 1 year job guarantee.

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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Feb 24

*Probably isn't it.

joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Feb 24

New OpEd about the 10YP by @hughalderwick.bsky.social & Pheobe Dunn. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

We need a new metaphor to show why we need investment + reform, to counter the cliche about pouring money into a broken system.
Like, tou wouldn't just stick new buttons onto an old Nokia*.

Labour’s 10 year plan for the English NHS

Government must provide hope, clarity, and investment The NHS is in crisis after a decade of austerity, covid-19, and political failures since 2010 that weakened the health service and constrained wh...

www.bmj.com

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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Feb 20

"A lot of what we do is putting a sticking plaster on the gaping wound of poverty" - GP in Gateshead speaking to @theguardian.com

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A day in the life of a ‘failing’ NHS: ‘Fix poverty, fix health’

YouTube video by The Guardian

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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · Feb 20

As @torstenbell.bsky.social points out, people realise that ‘My health is affecting everything else in my life’ - including their ability to work. So investment in the building blocks of health is 'pro-growth'. Good to have this perspective inthe Treasury.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...