Wales come together to call for renewed crossgovernment action to tackle inequalities and ill-health.
Poverty causes ill-health and illness, which is why 50 organisations across health, housing, and social care, including royal colleges and patient advocacy groups, have come together today (Friday 15 July) to launch Mind the gap: What’s stopping change? – The cost-of-living crisis and the rise in inequalities in Wales (link goes live on 15 July, report attached). A new paper from the Welsh NHS Confederation Health and Wellbeing Alliance, in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), is calling on the Welsh Government to produce a cross-government plan to reduce poverty and tackle inequalities.
Over the coming months, as the everyday cost-of-living continues to rise, an increase in poverty and inequality will lead to greater strain on people’s health and the NHS. We urgently need coordinated cross-government action to improve people’s lives and protect health and care services.
The Alliance is also calling on Welsh Government to make a real difference to local communities by providing more hands-on support and detailed guidance for smaller organisations on how to tackle inequalities as well as simplifying a complex and everchanging landscape with hundreds of targets and performance measures.
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