SDC welcomes the new Public Health White Paper
The Sustainable Development Commission welcomes the new Public Health White Paper. It applauds its approach to preventing illness and reducing health inequalities, and its commitment to developing the role of the NHS as a ‘good corporate citizen’.
Behind the media-grabbing headlines of the new Public Health White Paper, Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier, are indications that the Government is developing a more powerful, informed and holistic approach to public health in England.
The Sustainable Development Commission welcomes the White Paper and the priority given to reducing health inequalities and tackling the wider determinants of health.
Jonathon Porritt, Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission says, “It is good to see health inequalities at the heart of the public health agenda, and an agenda that promotes both health and sustainable development. For example, encouraging children to walk or cycle to school both reduces pollution and gives children exercise. Health and sustainable development go hand in hand and it is encouraging that the Government is taking a broad-based approach to public health.”
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