Katherine Merrifield
Putting health first across the council
With entries now open for The MJ Achievement Awards 2024, there is a great chance to celebrate the work councils are doing to create healthy places, say Katherine Merrifield and Gwen Nightingale.
Celebrating positive action on health
St Helens BC’s drive and adaptability in addressing feedback from the community made it a worthy winner at The MJ Awards, say Katherine Merrifield and Gwen Nightingale.
Key to levelling up health and wealth
The Health Foundation is funding a £1.6m programme to support combined authorities to make the most of the levers they have to bolster their capacity to improve health. Katherine Merrifield and Gwen Nightingale explain.
Putting health equity first
Newham LBC’s winning nomination in the Place Based Approaches to Health Equity category at The MJ Awards this year showed the clear rewards of taking a system-wide approach, say Katherine Merrifield and Gwen Nightingale
HMJ: The inextricable link between wealth and health
Katherine Merrifield and Gwen Nightingale, assistant directors of healthy lives at the Health Foundation, warn a cross-government strategy is needed to improve the country’s health and tackle health inequalities.