The north-south health gap, smoking and young carers
UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Advancing health across populations
Calls for MPs to prioritise health equity and wellbeing
Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), Professor Sir Michael Marmot, has written a damning letter to party leaders and MPs across the country after a new UCL IHE report confirmed that UK government policies are cutting people’s lives short: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/may/calls-mps-prioritise-health-equity-and-wellbeing
Withdrawal of stop-smoking pill could lead to thousands of avoidable deaths
The disruption to the supply of a prescription medicine that helps people stop smoking may have led to thousands fewer people quitting each year in England, which will lead to avoidable deaths in future, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/may/withdrawal-stop-smoking-pill-could-lead-thousands-avoidable-deaths
Cost increasingly important motive for quitting smoking in England
Health concerns are still the primary motive for more than half of those who say they want to stop smoking in England, but cost is now a key factor for more than one in four, finds a new study led by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/cost-increasingly-important-motive-quitting-smoking-england
Increase in smoking among younger women in more advantaged social groups
Smoking among women under 45 from more advantaged social groups in England appears to have increased over the past decade, according to a new study by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/increase-smoking-among-younger-women-more-advantaged-social-groups
People diagnosed with cancer in prison more likely to die from the disease
Cancer patients diagnosed in English prisons do not receive the same level of curative treatment as those in the general population, meaning they are at increased risk of death, according to a study led by UCL, King’s College London and the University of Surrey: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/people-diagnosed-cancer-prison-more-likely-die-disease
ICLS young carers research presented to DWP
ICLS' Rebecca Lacey gives evidence to DWP Select Committee on Young Carers and Carers Allowance: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/news/2024/apr/icls-young-carers-research-presented-dwp