How Do We Build Healthier Cities?

21 October 2021, 9.30 AM - 21 October 2021, 3.45 PM

Online

A series of keynotes and panel discussions explore how we can build healthier cities including this panel chaired by Sarah Ayres

13:00 – 14:00: Panel Discussion: Long-Term Health in Lean Times: What Can UK Cities Really Do For Themselves?

Panellists debate how cities can take control of their destiny and help citizens have healthier and longer lives.

The hollowing out of the state in England has left a highly concentrated nexus of power in London and local elected bodies that lack adequate power and resources to drive their progress and prosperity. What can cities do to improve public health in relation to the non-communicable disease and health inequalities linked to quality of urban environments? What powers do they currently have to facilitate creative approaches to incorporating health outcomes in mainstream policy making? What does central government need to do to support the integration of health outcomes into successful place-based initiatives?

With Kate Ardern, Rokhsana Fiaz, Julia Goldsworthy and Matthew Taylor. Chaired by Sarah Ayres.

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