A public health crisis is gripping the UK. Improvements in life expectancy have stalled, health inequalities have widened, obesity and alcohol misuse are placing an increasing strain on health services and urban air pollution is now widely recognised as a serious health hazard. COVID-19 revealed the weaknesses of the UK’s public health system, once thought to be among the best in the world.
Against this background, this book examines the organisational and political barriers to an effective public health system showcased through the UK. It urges that what is needed is a new social contract, in which health policy is truly public.
Tabella dei contenuti
1. The Challenges of Public Health
2. Public Health in England, 2013 to 2020
3. Public Health and the Devolved Governments
4. Principles and Process in the New Public Health Settlement
5. A New Social Contract for Public Health
Circa l’autore
Toslima Khatun is Postdoctoral Researcher, Member of the Research Executive Board for the NIHR and a teaching fellow at King’s College London.
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