Dalanya is a community health practitioner in East London.

“People get bounced around from service to service to service, and it’s traumatic to keep repeating your story. That person might not have the strength to repeat their story again and might not have the strength to go to another service.”

The life expectancy figures referenced in this story refer to an 8-year gap in male life expectancy at MSOA level, between East and West Merton, as per OHID public health profiles, life expectancy at birth, UK 2016-20. Please contact Health Equals for further details.