She is right to highlight the relationship between health inequality and broader inequality in our society.
Inequality in health is linked to inequality in wealth, so much so that we can reliably predict the educational and health outcomes of a child in the poorest area from the moment he or she is born.
Through our work we see the daily effects of poor health and poor motivation on children and families. Our prisons, our care system and our health service are the parking lots for the problems of inequality and we need to address it.
Simon Watson, head of developments, Barnardo's Scotland
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