The NHS and its staff, on whom we all depend, have taken a battering during the Coronavirus pandemic. Sir Michael Marmot is the author of the widely respected Marmot Review (2010), the recommendations of which have been adopted by three-quarters of English councils; it was revised last year as Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On.

He argues that Covid has exposed massive health inequality and shows that the more deprived the area, the higher the mortality rate for all causes of death. Rather than a return to ‘normal’, he argues, we should be aiming to rebuild a fairer society.

The talk will be followed by a conversation and Q&A. Questions can be submitted in advance at www.litfest.org

Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL. He chaired the WHO Commission on The Social Determinants of Health (2005–8); its recommendations have been adopted by the World Health Assembly and taken up by many countries. The recommendations of his influential British Government report on health inequalities – the Marmot Review – are now being implemented in three-quarters of local authorities in England. His books include The Health Gap (2015).

How We Live Next: Health - Sir Michael Marmot