Matter for discussion: Tackling health inequalities
Submitted by the CYP Acute Care Forum 
12 May 2025, 08:00 - 15 May, 15:00
That this meeting of ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Congress discusses the role that nursing staff can undertake in tackling health inequalities.
NHS England defines health inequalities as unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population and between different groups within society (NHS, 2025). The drivers of health inequalities in children and young people (CYP) are the social, economic and environmental factors that impact upon their health outcomes. This includes ethnicity, income, housing, climate change and being looked