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Looking forward to our second annual #conference in Birmingham on 8th October. Registration is now open and I hope you'll join us for the day.
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Sir Michael Marmot
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Sir Michael Marmot
@MichaelMarmot
UCL Institute Health Equity / Former WMA President / Chair WHO CSDH / Fair Society Healthy Lives / I am also at
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- The Sewell report cited my work – just not the parts highlighting structural racism | Michael Marmot
- Nurses' pay has fallen by 5% since 2010. The pay offer will lead to a predicted further fall of 5%. The PM describes this as "appropriate and fair"!!
- "If you have to worry about whether you have food for dinner that evening, and for the rent on Friday, you have little space to think about anything else. Such stress can permanently affect the development of your children".
- There's the moral argument for increasing nurses' pay - very strong. Then, there's the economic argument. Want to fill all those vacant nurses' posts? Pay a decent wage, and relieve the pressures of understaffed services.
- Confirmed by @TheMarmotReview: life expectancy stops improving, has actually fallen for poorest women, health inequalities widen and health deteriorates #Marmot2020 supported by @HealthFdn bit.ly/38RtOqX
- The PM said in Parliament that child poverty had gone down since 2010. And cited a specific number. He was wrong. Child poverty went up. Is there an obligation for him to correct the record in Parliament? Not to mention a longer term obligation to get the numbers right.
- UK 2023: “Due to the soaring cost of infant formula, families experiencing food poverty are being forced to resort to unsafe feeding practices, including stretching out time between feeds and giving their babies food which is not suitable, like porridge."
- Bit embarrassing, but there we are. The BMJ Awards 2021: Outstanding contribution to health
- If you are rich in the UK, you are almost as well off as a rich Norwegian. If you are poor in the UK, your income is way behind the bottom 5% and 10% in Norway. Brilliantly presented by @jburnmurdochNEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia ft.com/content/ef2654… Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people. A thread:
- Britain’s shorter children reveal a grim story about austerity, but its scars run far deeper | Michael Marmot
- Moving to relax lockdown does NOT appear to be based on best scientific advice. What's going on? When government does things they think are unpopular, they say "it's the science." When they want to do it, they ignore the science.Covid-19 spreading too fast to lift lockdown in England. Agree with John & clear science advice. TTI has to be in place, fully working, capable dealing any surge immediately, locally responsive, rapid results & infection rates have to be lower. And trusted theguardian.com/world/2020/may…
- Bertrand Russell said in 1932: “The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich.” That idea is alive and well.
- Both Conservatives and Labour put high priority on economic growth. I would rather see growth and reduction in inequalities in the height of five-year-old children. That way we will know that we have an economy that is really delivering for the health and wellbeing of all.Britain’s shorter children reveal a grim story about austerity, but its scars run far deeper | Michael Marmot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
