Thérèse Coffey scraps promised paper on health inequality
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#646Y4)
Exclusive: health secretary has decided not to publish white paper, which was originally intended for publication by last spring
Therese Coffey is ditching the government's long-promised white paper on health inequalities, despite the 19-year gap in life expectancy between rich and poor, the Guardian has been told.
The health secretary has decided to not publish a document that was due to set out plans to address the stark inequalities in health that the Covid-19 pandemic exposed.
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