Inequalities in health continue to grow despite government's pledges
- 26 February 2000
- Vol. 320 (7234) , 582
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.320.7234.582
Abstract
EDITOR—Yamey summarises our report showing that mortality differentials increased dramatically in Britain during 1981–95 in line with equally dramatic increases in income inequality.1 The current government is committed to reducing health inequalities: “Our ambition is to do something that no government—Tory or Labour—has ever done. Not only to improve the health of the nation, but also to improve the health of the worst off at a faster rate.”2 We suggest that on current evidence the government is doing little to reduce inequalities in material standards of living, although previous governments of all political parties have on occasion …Keywords
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