The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health’s report 2008, ‘Closing the Gap in a Generation’ outlines both evidence on how inequality harms society as a whole, and recommendations for how to begin closing the gap at a global level. How can organisations begin to take forward these recommendations locally? What evidence exists and what are the gaps in tackling health inequalities? This lecture will also identify examples of how health improvement can be driven forward throughout complex organisational change.

Dr Jessica Allen, Project Director - Health Inequalities Review for England, University College London

Prof Mark Petticrew, Professor in Epidemiological Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Christopher Long, Chief Executive, Hull Primary Care Trust

Marie Mallon, Director of Human Resources, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust