Poverty Proofing the NHS

There are around 14.4 million people living on a low income in the UK. This impacts health. Someone on a low income is more likely to:

• Die younger
• Have fewer ‘healthy’ years
• Be unable to access a healthy lifestyle especially things like nutritious food and exercise
• Have poorer mental health
• Have smaller babies and babies with a shorter life expectancy
• Breathe poorer air
• Live in poor housing
• Suffer from avoidable illnesses caused by these inequalities
• Click here for helpful information/services which are able to offer support and sometimes financial assistance. We are all in need of some additional help at some point in our lives. You are not alone.