Episode 30. Backstage with: Sir Michael Marmot
We are back! And this is an extra special episode to kick us off, with none other than Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the guru of health inequalities. Sir Michael Marmot's work has changed how physicians, public health experts and governments think about health inequity. His work has been cited more than 250,000 times, and his influential Review has spread from the Eastern Mediterranean in 2019 to Manchester in 2021. You might have seen Sir Michael’s reports, read his books including The Health Gap, or perhaps you’ve heard him speak. But for this conversation, we wanted to get to know the man behind the title...*Highlights:Key messages of his work (3.5 mins)Growing up (8 mins)His first interest in health inequalities (13 mins)Changing track (17.5 mins)Politics (29 mins)Persuading people (38 mins)Ten years on (46 mins)Hope (51 mins) *ResourcesRCGP modules on health inequalitiesHis book The Health GapOur other episodes realted to health inequalites- with Bola Owolabi and Laura Neilson *Social media:@MichaelMarmot@NextGGP/ @nishmanek *Subscribe to the Next Gen GP monthly bulletin to keep in the loop:bit.ly/NGGPbulletinhttps://nextgenerationgp.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.