Since the pandemic, inactivity among UK people of working age due to long-term sickness has soared

The Health Foundation has projected a rise of a further 700,000 working age people in England living with illness by 2040

Newsnight's Ben Chu has been looking into situation

🧵THREAD: Health must be at the centre of parties’ manifestos for the General Election, Jennifer Dixon says in today’s Financial Times (£-wall) ⬇️
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Read on to find out why these priorities are important (1/5)

An election manifesto for the NHS — and a healthy economy via Financial Times
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PODCAST: What's happening to our economy and what does it all mean for our health?

Join Jennifer Dixon and guests Torsten Bell and Diane Coyle as they explore this topic.

Listen now 🎧 health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

Japan’s native population declines at record rate as births plunge via Financial Times
Declining at nearly 100 people per hour…. on.ft.com/3TTgvPv

Latest health & benefits stats are sobering. Britain is sick and fed up. No point scapegoating NHS. We must address underlying causes of booming disease burden.

💨 Dirty air
🍔 Junk food
💩 Internet filth
☠️ Toxic workplaces
🦠 Mouldy homes
🚬 Killer fags

#HealthyBritain 🇬🇧

Wild show in Blenheim : Brit design

Yes indeed and more here health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

Brilliant insights from two national treasures- Diane Coyle and Torsten Bell 👇

The Labour Party has pledged to give local leaders greater power through the Take Back Control Act, widening and deepening devolution to local authorities and providing long-term funding settlements. This is promising for health. 1/4 thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-s…

Why we need to know more about the economy 👇

Poverty is taking a toll on the nation’s health.

This week's report from our member Joseph Rowntree Foundation with The King's Fund shows that the rise in deep poverty during the cost-of-living crisis is worsening health.

How can the NHS help refugee doctors to contribute to patient care? Lessons from how NHS Trusts have done this successfully under the Medical Support Scheme in this webinar next week 👇 thehealthfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Share Action : investors pressure companies to reduce food pollution thetimes.co.uk/article/activi…

Food pollution - let’s reduce it

In case you missed it, #Sciana Fellow Rishi Das-Gupta recently co-authored an article for Health Innovation Network South London on maintaining oversight of #ArtificialIntelligence in #healthcare .

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Drug deaths - how Portugal recovered health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

Nestlé shareholders call on food giant to reduce reliance on unhealthy products via Financial Times The Health Foundation is co-funding Share Action in this programme of work - investor action on health on.ft.com/3Ti4bYE

Sciana leaders network: curious thoughtful and dynamic health leaders consider applying. Co-funded by three Foundations Bosch (for Germany), Careum (for Switzerland) and the Health Foundation (for the UK). Check out websites and get applying

To mark #InternationalWomensDay , last year we asked three women at different stages of their medical careers to reflect on the experiences and challenges shaping them.

Jennifer Dixon was joined by Dame Jane Dacre, Dr Nikita Kanani (she/her) and Gabrielle Mathews ⬇️

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