Commissioned by County Durham Community Foundation and written by academics at Health Equity North, County Durham and Tees Valley: Health, Wealth and (Unequal) Opportunities to Thrive paints a bleak picture of the wide-ranging health challenges faced within the area, covering social and economic inequalities, COVID-19 and the cost of living crisis, health and wellbeing, historic factors, and the impact of national policies.
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