Professor Ben Barr is Professor of Applied Public Health in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems at the University of Liverpool, and Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Policy Research on Determinants of Health Equity.
The health divide blights this country. But it is not inevitable — it’s driven by policy choices. Across his career in public health, Professor Barr has sought to understand the health inequalities consequences of different strategies for public investment in services and households, and how those strategies could be improved.
In this lecture, drawing on two decades of research, Professor Barr will explore how decisions about the allocation of public money – to people and to places – have shaped the pattern of health we see today, and what this means for building a welfare state fit for the future.
