The assembly heard evidence on health inequalities from a broad range of speakers with research and lived experience perspectives to focus on how they could tackle these in Bristol.
How should we tackle health inequalities in Bristol?
Scroll below to watch videos of the Assembly presentations
Session 1 - What are health inequalities?
What are health inequalities – how health varies across the population
- Christina Gray, Director for Public Health, Bristol City Council
The prevalence of health inequalities in Bristol
- Adwoa Webber, Head of Clinical Effectiveness, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG
Session 2 - What impact do health inequalities have?
How communities experience health inequalities>
- Elaine Flint, Wellspring Health Living Centre
The impact of health inequalities on people: experiences of food and fuel poverty
- Andy Street, Feeding Bristol
Social and economic costs of health inequalities
- David Gordon, University of Bristol
Session 3 - How can health inequalities be tackled?
Preventative Health Approaches
- Sally Hogg, Consultant in Public Health, Healthy People, Healthy Place at Bristol City Council
The impact of education, employment and skills
- Jane Taylor, Service Manager for Employment and Skills, Bristol City Council
The impact of housing, build environment and outside space
- Marcus Grant, Healthy Cities
Session 4 - How the system currently works
What are health inequalities – how health varies across the population
- Ben Moseley, Head of the Executive Office, Bristol City Council
How decisions are made, money is spent and the system works
- Seb Habibi, Healthier Together
Session 5 - What could be done in Bristol to tackle health inequalities?
City Council perspective
- Christina Gray, Director for Public Health, Bristol City Council
Health perspective
- Peter Brindle, Medical Director of Clinical Effectiveness for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
Communiity perspective
- Dominic Ellison, CEO at WECIL
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