Champs Public Health Collaborative and the Cheshire and Merseyside Population Health Board have celebrated an incredibly successful launch of All Together Fairer, the subregion’s report into health inequalities from Professor Sir Michael Marmot.

Launch event

The launch event was attended by nearly 500 colleagues from across the public, private and third sectors, many of whom left very positive feedback on their experience:

“Thanks, great event, we need to build on the expertise and enthusiasm of the participants today”

“Thank you Michael Marmot for all your hard work over many years looking at health inequalities, you’re amazing !!!!”

“Thank you to the panel and chair for this very interesting session”

“Great launch event. Fantastic enthusiasm and willingness to connect and join up to make a difference”

“Super event. I think we are all convinced that the evidence of tackling health inequalities exists and we need to be brave to use our resources in the most effective way”

If you haven’t had a chance to watch the event and hear Sir Michael’s presentation, you can do so here:

During the event, Graham Urwin, Chief Executive of the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership (the local Integrated Care System (ICS)) announced that the ICS will also include the recommendations in their new Five Year Strategy.

Videos

To accompany the launch event, two case study videos have been produced to demonstrate how taking a social determinants of health approach to services and projects can make a massive difference.

The videos highlighted the Life Rooms from Mersey Care in Merseyside and Cheshire West and Chester’s Poverty Truth Commission and Board. The videos, alongside the event video, have already been watched over 500 times across YouTube and social media. If you haven’t already, you can watch them here: