Health: Disadvantaged

(asked on 20th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to use the NHS Long Term Plan to close the gap in health inequalities between the north and south of England; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 27th February 2019

The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a number of commitments for reducing health inequalities and that NHS England will continue to target a higher share of funding towards geographies with high health inequalities.

The National Implementation Framework, to be published in the spring, will provide further information on how the Long Term Plan will be implemented. Additional details, based on local health system five-year plans, will be brought together in a detailed national implementation plan in the autumn. Work will continue with key partners and stakeholders as we support the National Health Service to deliver the commitments set out in the Long Term Plan.

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