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There is currently remarkable consensus across think tanks, institutions, and political parties that a move towards a preventive state is key to creating a healthier nation.
A preventive approach can help people live healthily for longer while also addressing many of the problems within the health and care system, allowing for proactive population health management and tackling of health inequalities.
Creating a healthier nation needs a collaboration between people, places, the NHS, and businesses, as well as government. If the new government wants to improve the health of the nation, it should create an approach to health that spans all government departments, includes actions to reduce health inequalities, and implements measures that help people to make healthier choices.
At this in-person event, the case is presented for how prevention can create a healthier nation, why it is particularly important now, and propose tangible actions for making this shift at the national, system and local levels. Join the King's Fund to understand why prevention is key to supporting healthier lives and how it can be made a reality.
Join leaders and experts from across health and care, thinks tanks and politicians to explore:
- why moving towards a preventive state is particularly important now given the context of widening health inequalities and stalling of life expectancy
- how to make the shift to prevention a reality at national, system, and local levels
- the importance of measuring preventive expenditure
- the role of prevention when taking a population health approach
- the link between health and housing and how healthier communities can support a wider approach to prevention.
- how place-based approaches to prevention are key.