Prescription for fairness: remedying health inequalities in a post-covid era

As we look to recover from the greatest public health crisis in a century, the need to tackle health inequalities has become even more critical and clear. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated pre-existing health inequalities whilst also giving rise to a host of new challenges that threaten the goal of achieving equity within our health and social care system, bringing widespread attention to this issue as never before.

Yet although differences in health outcomes and drivers behind inequality have been well-observed, the policies to reduce them and how these might be prioritised require greater consideration by political leaders. This timely collection explores practical solutions for a future government committed to addressing health inequalities post-Covid-19 and determined to offer everyone the chance to a healthy life.