Health inequalities

• Health & Medicine

Health inequalities: Improving early cancer diagnosis for everyone

Why do some cancers, and some groups of people, tend to be diagnosed later? Here's our investigation into inequalities in early diagnosis. Why do some cancers, and some groups of people, tend to be diagnosed later? Here's our investigation into inequalities in early diagnosis.

23 November 2023

• Health & Medicine

Health inequalities: Breaking down barriers to cancer screening

In this instalment of our Health Inequalities series, we take a look at some of the barriers that can make it harder for some people to access cancer screening. In this instalment of our Health Inequalities series, we take a look at some of the barriers that can make it harder for some people to access cancer screening.

23 September 2022

• Health & Medicine

Health inequalities: Why is it harder for some people to eat healthily? 

We investigate diet inequality and its root causes with Dr Amy Yau, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. We investigate diet inequality and its root causes with Dr Amy Yau, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

24 June 2022

• Health & Medicine

Health inequalities: Why do people smoke if they know it’s bad for them?

For the second instalment in our health inequalities series, we're looking at what's behind differences in the causes of smoking. For the second instalment in our health inequalities series, we're looking at what's behind differences in the causes of smoking.

1 April 2022

• Health & Medicine

Health inequalities: “We have a moral duty to reduce them”

We talk to Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who's been at the forefront of health inequality research for decades, to discuss what it is and how we can reduce it. We talk to Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who's been at the forefront of health inequality research for decades, to discuss what it is and how we can reduce it.

15 February 2022