WHAT: Join Northern leaders for the launch of a ground-breaking new report looking at the relationship between health and wealth in the region.
WHO: Leader of Newcastle City Council Nick Forbes, Mayor of Tees Valley Ben Houchen, Newcastle University Professor of Public Health Clare Bambra, CEO of the Northern Health Science Alliance Dr Hakim Yadi OBE. More TBC
WHERE:The Boilershop, Newcastle upon Tyne, 10am, November 20, 2018
WHY: UK productivity is lagging behind, the North has a productivity gap of over £4 per person per hour compared to the South.
Yet there has been limited research into what impact the North’s poor health, where dying early is a fifth more likely than for southerners, has on the region’s wealth. The Northern Health Science Alliance commissioned public health experts from six of the North’s top universities: Newcastle, York, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool and Lancaster to look at the issue.