In February 2020, the landmark Marmot Review 10 Years On drew attention to widening health inequalities and worsening health outcomes in England. The report set out evidence-based recommendations to address these inequalities through action on the social determinants of health – the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age and which can lead to health inequalities.
Build Back Fairer: the COVID-19 Marmot Review investigates how the pandemic has affected health inequalities in England. Pre-pandemic socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities have deepened, and new inequalities are also emerging, influenced by people’s work, where they live, who they live with, their ethnicity and religion. Meanwhile the impacts of containment measures on education, employment, income and local areas risk widening inequalities, including in health, in the longer term, unless urgent mitigating action is taken.
The Health Foundation has commissioned Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review as part of its COVID-19 impact inquiry, which is being guided and informed by an expert advisory panel and chaired by Dame Clare Moriarty. Professor Sir Michael Marmot is expert advisor for the inquiry and author of the new report – the report being a hugely important contribution to the inquiry.
This webinar was recorded on Tuesday 15 December 2020.
Video contents
00:00 - Welcome to part one - Richard Horton
02:12 - Presentation of the findings - Michael Marmot
12:03 - Panel discussion
12:37 - Reflections - Andy Burnham
22:24 - Reflections - Angela Donkin
26:35 - Panel Q&A (part one)
26:51 - Can the government afford to act on inequalities?
33:29 - Is now the right time to introduce a Universal Basic Income?
34:50 - What can local government do to tackle health inequalities?
37:33 - Has the pandemic revealed new information about health inequalities?
40:59 - What would be your key message to the Prime Minister?
45:35 - Why do we need the COVID-19 Impact Inquiry? (video)
50:43 - Welcome to part two - Clare Moriarty
51:33 - In conversation with Professor Sir Michael Marmot
51:38 - How can we better communicate that a healthy economy is linked to a health society?
55:25 - Is there too much emphasis on GDP as a measure?
57:25 - Is there an index that balances health and economy?
58:58 - How can the COVID-19 Impact Inquiry build on the findings in this report?
01:01:13 - Panel discussion
01:01:36 - Reflections - Polly Mackenzie
01:04:47 - Reflections - Fozia Irfan
01:07:47 - Reflections - Liz Sayce
01:12:21 - Reflections - James Banks
01:17:45 - Panel Q&A (part two)
01:17:51 - How can we turn the current interest in inequalities into action?
01:23:30 - How can we give communities a greater say?
01:24:58 - How can we switch our lens from vulnerable to valuable?
01:26:32 - What countries are performing well in this space and what can we learn?
01:32:13 Wrap up and close
