PHM-Exch> All in this Together? The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Inequalities in Glasgow, Scotland

[Dr.B.Ekbal]

Congratulations for preparing this excellent report
Ebal
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 at 08:04, Roman Vega <roman at phmovement.org> wrote:

> Dear comrades from PHM Scotland,
> We congratulate you for this important work on the Covid-19 pandemic
> socioeconomic and sanitary consequences in health and health
> inequalities.  It clearly shows how the government's response to Covid-19
> aggravated previous people's conditions and state of health and health
> inequalities. You have identified and discussed the evidence, learned from
> people's experiences, provided policy recommendations,and created
> conditions for advocacy and action.
> We encourage our PHM comrades from other countries and regions, global
> programas and thematic circles to follow the PHM Scotland  example.
> With the warmest regards,
> Roman.
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 8:08 AM Tony Robertson <tony.robertson at stir.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> *PHM Scotland release new report: All in this Together? The Impact of
>> COVID-19 on Health Inequalities in Glasgow, Scotland*
>>
>> In view of the persistent health inequalities in Glasgow and Scotland PHM
>> Scotland recently held an inquiry about health inequalities in Glasgow in
>> light of the COVID pandemic. Seventeen organisations contributed to this
>> inquiry and the almost universal view was that the pandemic had exposed and
>> exacerbated the pre-existing causes of poor health. That this is still the
>> case, after years of policy making ostensibly designed to address the
>> health problems of the city, is of major concern to all stakeholders, both
>> within the city and Scotland as a whole.
>>
>> Today (10th March 2022) we are releasing our findings from that inquiry
>> and you can read the full report via the link below, and we have provided
>> the executive summary below as well. We would love to hear from the PHM
>> community about your thoughts on the report.
>>
>>
>> https://peopleshealthmovementscotland.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/glasgow-health-inquiry.pdf
>>
>> *Report Executive Summary*
>> The People’s Health Movement Scotland held a Glasgow People's Health
>> Inquiry on September 21, 2021 and a follow-up analysis event on 20th
>> January 2022. The aim was to stimulate a dialogue between community groups,
>> third sector organisations, policy makers and politicians on health and
>> health inequalities in Glasgow in light of the COVID pandemic and about
>> future challenges. There were 17 presentations of both qualitative and
>> quantitative evidence and about current health activism. There were two
>> responses from policy makers and one from a politician.
>>
>> The key findings were that COVID has both exacerbated the causes and
>> consequences of pre-existing health inequalities and created additional
>> threats in terms of social isolation, new experiences of poverty, workplace
>> harms and exposure to physical and emotional abuse. There were some
>> indications of policy responses that supported new ways of using outside
>> space and of active travel. Within communities, there appears to have been
>> a significant growth in mutual aid. Overall, it is clear that current and
>> past policy responses to the underlying issues which create and exacerbate
>> the conditions of inequality and impact on the social determinants of
>> health have proved ineffectual. Austerity and the prevalence of insecure,
>> poorly paid work along with the impact of ‘welfare reform’ continue to
>> create serious threats to health and wellbeing among significant sections
>> of the population. Some notable pieces of evidence were missing around
>> factors like housing, climate and disability which will require more
>> investigation. Where recommendations for the future were made these have
>> been presented using the framework of the People’s Health Manifesto. This
>> work is to be followed on with publications and events taking a critical
>> lens to the evidence presented and assessing the policy changes needed in
>> the city.
>>
>>
>>
>> www.peopleshealthmovementscotland.wordpress.com
>>
>>
>>
>> PHMScotland at gmail.com
>> <phmscotland at gmail.com?subject=RE:%20who%20cares%20report>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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