Relentlessly, the wide health gap between different groups of
people living in Britain continues to get even wider. This book
presents new evidence (which was not available to the
government's Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health) on
the size of the gap, and the extent to which the gap is
widening. In particular, new geographical data are presented and
displayed in striking graphical form.It challenges whether the
government is concerned enough about reducing inequalities and
highlights the living conditions of the million people living in
the least healthy areas in Britain. It presents explanations for
the widening health gap, and addresses the implications of this
major social problem. In the light of this evidence the authors
put forward social policies which will reduce the health gap in
the future.The widening gap synthesises all the information
available to date and should be read alongside the report of the
evidence presented to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities
in Health (Inequaliti