§ Mr. David TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of current levels of health inequalities in England. [93175]
§ Yvette CooperMy right hon. Friend the Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) commissioned an Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, under Sir Donald Acheson, whose report was published in November 1998. This report contained an assessment of current levels of health inequalities in England.
Our new health strategy, "Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation", sets out the main measures of success we shall be using. We shall shortly be publishing a Technical Supplement which will outline in more detail the types of information that will be collated nationally and locally.
Published alongside the health strategy was "Reducing Health Inequalities: An Action report" which sets out the action being taken across Government—and through partnerships between local and regional organisations—to reduce health inequalities.