Equality

Health inequalities have long been a focus of public policy, yet gaps in health between rich and poor show few signs of closing, despite significant public spending. In this paper Macmillan Cancer Support and the Bevan Foundation examine health inequalities […] »

Last week, we had the privilege of coordinating a study visit to Wales by a delegation from Northern Ireland. The two-day event, which was commissioned by Carnegie UK Trust, gave delegates the opportunity to engage with Welsh policy makers and […] »

The Bevan Foundation is working with MacMillan Cancer Support Cymru to consider whether it is time for fresh approaches to reducing health inequalities. There are large differences in people’s health in Wales. On average, a male from the most deprived […] »

As the month-long celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the NHS draws to a close, Victoria Winckler asks if patients’ voices are being heard and explains why it’s important that they are. The last month has been an extraordinary one […] »

There is no doubt that the NHS has transformed healthcare in Wales over the last 70 years. But inequalities in the health of the people of Wales are still rife. That’s why, in the month the NHS marks its 70th […] »

With the NHS marking its 70th birthday, Victoria Winckler acknowledges its successes but highlights that health inequalities still exist. The last couple of weeks has, rightly, seen the 70th anniversary of NHS celebrated with everything from theatre performances, bed pushes, […] »

To celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday this month, we are giving 25 lucky new supporters a copy of the NHS founder’s 1952 book ‘In Place of Fear’. The offer is open to the first 25 new supporters who start donating […] »

Young people from low-income families in Wales are only half as likely to get good qualifications at the age of 16 as young people from better-off homes, limiting their opportunities in the future. We want to end this unfairness and […] »