Researchers found children from poor backgrounds are one-and-a-half times as likely to die during infancy as children from better off families. There has been no change in the inequalities levels of infant mortality for 2002/04 compared to 2001/03.
The report In Sickness and in Health, says a broad range of action is needed to tackle the causes of inequality as well as the NHS taking action to improve access to services for people from poorer backgrounds.
- www.nhsconfed.org.
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