Healthier Systems

Too many people still lack access to adequate healthcare, resulting in preventable morbidity and mortality, and lower productivity in regions with higher rates of poor health.

​Everyone should have access to quality health care, yet it is still not a reality with many people unable to receive diagnosis and treatment due to lack of availability, affordability, or barriers such as racism, digital illiteracy, or language. As a result, people are left struggling with poor health or dying from preventable illnesses.

This also has a knock on effect for society, with those living in poor health at risk of unemployment or lower productivity at work. Improving the health of communities would bring economic benefits through improved employment rates, wages, and more productive employees.

Our Healthier Systems challenge is focusing on researching:

  • how to improve the access, delivery and resourcing of health and social care.
  • how secure, safe employment can improve health and wellbeing.
  • how the health of individuals and communities can impact the productivity in cities and regions.

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Institutes and Centres