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Health inequalities
Health inequalities are unfair and avoidable differences in health between groups of people.
Summary
- The groups differ by income, ethnicity, disability or where they live.
- In England, people in the poorest areas die years earlier than those in the richest, and spend more of their lives in poor health.
- The inverse care law, described by the GP Julian Tudor Hart in 1971, says that good medical care tends to be least available where it is most needed.
- NHS England's programme for narrowing the gap is called Core20PLUS5.
Interview questions
- What are health inequalities, and why do they exist?
- What is the inverse care law?
- What can one doctor do about health inequalities?
Practise answering these with a mentor
Our interview preparation has you answer questions like these out loud, with feedback on each answer.
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