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Policy Workshop: Healthy Life Expectancy
24 April 2023 at Darwin College, Cambridge
In April 2023, the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge, organised a Policy Workshop on Healthy Life Expectancy in partnership with the East of England Population Health Research Hub (EoE PHResH).
The Policy Workshop brought together a group of local, regional, and national policymakers, academic researchers, and other relevant experts to discuss what determines healthy life expectancy alongside potential policy interventions in an East of England context. The objective of the event was to inform local and regional public health strategy and actions to improve healthy life expectancy in these populations.
The workshop aimed to explore the following questions:
- What are the determinants of healthy life expectancy (HLE)? What factors affect healthy life expectancy? What factors are driving inequality in healthy life expectancy? Which of these factors are modifiable?
- What actions can we take to improve HLE and reduce inequalities at local and regional levels? What are the unique or priority factors to address at local and regional levels? What are the local and regional levers to modify these factors and how are they being utilised? What evidence is available on the effectiveness of interventions?
- How can we best measure HLE and inequality in HLE? Is the current measurement fit for purpose? What role could the ONS Health Index play? What data or evidence gaps are there?
- How best to monitor local and regional progress? What are the priority indicators? What indicators are we measuring well now and what needs to improve? What data or evidence gaps are there?
The report of this event is available to read here.
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