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| Tackling health inequalities since the Acheson Inquiry | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 363, March 2003 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, March 2003 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Website: www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Poverty ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | Commissioning the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health (chaired by Sir Donald Acheson and published by the Stationery Office in 1998) was one of the first decisions of the incoming Labour government in 1997. The report indicated the extent to which tackling health inequalities has become a major policy priority in the UK. Mark Exworthy and colleagues at University College London (UCL) investigated the impact on policy-making of the Inquiry's recommendations, and examined the subsequent development of policies to tackle health inequalities. These findings give an outline of their full report, "Tackling health inequalities since the Acheson Inquiry", published for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) by the Policy Press. Although there has been progress in policy-making in response to the Inquiry, the study identifies and suggests solutions to the gaps in mechanisms that promote and report progress, evaluation of progress, and co-ordination of research. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030513201 A |
| Classmark | CC: W6: TM2 |
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