Poverty

• http://www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/health%20inequalities.html
  The extent of health inequalities
  Both cross-sectionally and along the lifecourse with effective policies which can reduce these inequalities.

• The allocation of health resources
  On the basis of need as a pre-requisite to reducing health inequalities and tackling the ‘inverse care law’.

• The measurement of health
  Using a ‘social model’ approach.

The main differences between our approach and a traditional ‘medical model’ of health are summarised below by comparing the Chief Medical Officer’s Top Ten Tips for Health and our alternative version: