What keeps the UK healthy? Geographical perspectives on work and worklessness

How is the health and well-bring of the UK’s population affected by the economic downturn, and what are the challenges posed by long-term worklessness?

The seminar will consider what impacts the economic downturn is having upon the health - both physical and mental - of individuals and local communities, and what challenges long-term worklessness poses. It will examine how these vary across the UK: how geography matters, as well as examining case-studies across the country seeking to address these challenges.

Confirmed speakers to date:
• Clare Bambra, Professor of Public Health Policy,
Department of Geography; Director, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University (Speaker and Afternoon Chair)
• Dr Jonathan Campion, Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Sarah Curtis, Executive Director Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University
• Phil Knibb, Executive Director, Communiversity, Alt Valley Community Trust, Liverpool
• Neil McInroy, CEO, Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
• Dr Frank Popham, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
• Dr Nicola Shelton, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (Morning Chair)
• Dr Jason Strelitz, Speciality Registrar in Public Health based at the Royal Free Hospital London Foundation Trust
• Professor Marc Suhrcke, Public Health Economics, University of East Anglia

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