General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen.

We have to put reduction of health inequalities at the centre of our public health strategy and that will require action on the social determinants of health.

Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.

Throwing young people on the scrap heap is a public health emergency.

Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies.

It's not just that people with no education have worse health. People with a bit of education at somewhat better, with a lot of education it's even better. And with even more education it's better still.

I'm not an Orthodox Jew, I don't practise much in the way of Jewish religion, but I am very Jewish and I think it probably does indeed influence what I do.