LET'S MAKE HEALTH EQUAL

Launching the Health Equals Parliamentary Champions Network in Parliament

Our champions span the major political parties and have committed to campaign alongside us to #MakeHealthEqual and ensure action on the building blocks of health is front-and-centre in national policymaking.

Hosted by Emma Lewell-Buck MP, alongside the Public Health and Prevention Minister Andrew Gwynne MP, our reception brought the ‘youngest ever protest’ to Parliament.

As part of our #MakeHealthEqual campaign, we partnered with renowned photographer Emli Bendixen to create a one-of-a-kind exhibition, shining the spotlight on 50 babies from across the UK to highlight the 16-year gap in life expectancy between places in Britain because of things like income, housing and air quality.

It provided a unique opportunity for MPs to understand the scale of health inequalities both nationally and within their own constituencies.

Bringing the ‘youngest protest’ to Parliament

To launch our campaign, we travelled the UK to capture images of the next generation at risk of poor health and shorter lives. Now, we’ve taken them to Parliament to show MPs how health inequalities are cutting lives short across the UK.

Bringing the ‘youngest protest’ to Parliament

We were joined by cross-party MPs to pledge their support for our campaign in Parliament, hosted by Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields and Andrew Gwynne, MP for Gorton and Denton and Public Health and Prevention Minister.

Our regional champions

We’ve named regional champions to help keep momentum driving forward and bring health to the forefront of the agenda in Westminster – including, Emma Lewell-Buck, Andrew Gwynne, Beccy Cooper, Sarah Owen, Afzal Khan and Sian Berry.

Hearing from our members

Dominic Watters, a food poverty campaigner for the Food Foundation who lives in Canterbury, shared his first-hand lived experience of food insecurity and poverty, and how this has impacted his family’s health.

Speaking at the reception, Public Health and Prevention Minister Andrew Gwynne MP said:  

This is the challenge of the next decade and that's why I am so proud of this broad-based coalition coming together under the Health Equals badge. Congratulations to my parliamentary colleagues for stepping up to the parapet and I look forward to working with each and every one of you, both collectively and individually.

Which MPs are championing #MakeHealthEqual?

So far, we've had over 60

MPs show their commitment to narrow the health gap in parts of the UK.

Explore the full list of champions here

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Despite this momentum, we still need your help to keep the government to their promise.

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Here's a reminder of what we've achieved with our campaign so far

We’re calling for more to be done to tackle health inequalities and

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