The benefits of reducing health inequalities are economic as well as social. As the Marmot Report shows, the costs of health inequalities can be quantified in human terms, years of life lost and years of active life lost; and in economic terms, by the cost to the economy of additional illness. Karsten Stampa, team member of Clear Village Charitable Trust, met Ms. Ilaria Geddes who is part of the Marmot Review research team and responsible for observing the operationalisation of suggested policy recommendations.
