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Six Health inequality as a policy priority

Abstract

This chapter discusses recent policy developments in Great Britain aimed at tackling health inequalities, focusing on the significance of the performance management of delivery. It discusses the roles of National Health Service (NHS) and local-government and health-impact assessments in addressing health inequalities. The chapter also highlights the tension between targets and performance management on the one hand, and local responsiveness and autonomy on the other, when using the neighbourhood as a setting for intervention.

Abstract

This chapter discusses recent policy developments in Great Britain aimed at tackling health inequalities, focusing on the significance of the performance management of delivery. It discusses the roles of National Health Service (NHS) and local-government and health-impact assessments in addressing health inequalities. The chapter also highlights the tension between targets and performance management on the one hand, and local responsiveness and autonomy on the other, when using the neighbourhood as a setting for intervention.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables and figures vii
  4. Acknowledgements viii
  5. List of abbreviations ix
  6. Preface xi
  7. Policy and places 1
  8. Health, neighbourhoods and complexity 31
  9. Emergence and environment press 55
  10. The neighbourhood effect 79
  11. Neighbourhood renewal and health inequalities 109
  12. Health inequality as a policy priority 141
  13. Conclusion: neighbourhoods in the wider picture 177
  14. References 203
  15. Index 231
Placing health
This chapter is in the book Placing health
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847421685-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables and figures vii
  4. Acknowledgements viii
  5. List of abbreviations ix
  6. Preface xi
  7. Policy and places 1
  8. Health, neighbourhoods and complexity 31
  9. Emergence and environment press 55
  10. The neighbourhood effect 79
  11. Neighbourhood renewal and health inequalities 109
  12. Health inequality as a policy priority 141
  13. Conclusion: neighbourhoods in the wider picture 177
  14. References 203
  15. Index 231
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