Time for local NHS leaders to take a first step in tackling poverty: pay staff the real Living Wage

Time for local NHS leaders to take a first step in tackling poverty: pay staff the real Living Wage The NHS England framework for tackling health inequalities turns the spotlight on the 20 per cent most deprived communities within each integrated care system. They are the core group in the Core20plus5 approach. Recognising that 12 million people – a fifth of the population – live in relative poverty, the majority of them in working households, it is impossible to tackle health inequalities without alleviating poverty and its consequences. The King's Fund