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Director of Public Health annual report


This year’s Director of Public Health Annual Report focuses on work and health. Having good quality work and a decent income are the most important building blocks of our health and wellbeing.

The report states that:  

  • Having a safe and secure job improves health and wellbeing across people’s lives and protects against social exclusion
  • Unemployment is bad for health and wellbeing. It is associated with shorter life expectancy and greater ill health
  • Jobs should:
    • be stable and offer a decent living wage
    • enable people to afford secure housing
    • represent opportunities for learning
    • offer sufficient flexibility to enable people to balance work and family life
    • offer protection from adverse working conditions that can damage health

The report has 12 recommendations, these include the creation of a Good Work Charter and more support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It also urges larger employers to play a greater role in tackling health inequalities. 

Read the full report 

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