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.

It's highly likely that what you're doing is indeed influenced by your Jewish background.

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

If people want me to go round and talk to governments and others then I feel that responsibility which is why I am on the road a good deal of the time and why I'm not slowing down.

Low income is related to poorer housing, poorer diet, fewer social amenities, worse working conditions. (...) After adjustment for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption, sleep habits, leisure-time physical activity, chest pain, diabetes, or cancer, there was still an increase risk of 1.6 for those with inadequate incomes.

I came from a warm Jewish family.

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.