Negating the public health gap with Dr Karen Kirkham and Sara Siegel
In episode sixteen of the Life Science Connect podcast, we dive into the conversation around our fourth report in our Future of Public Health series; Negating the gap - Preventing ill health and promoting healthy behaviours. Joining our host Karen Taylor, Research Director of the Deloitte UK Centre for Health Solutions, is Dr Karen Kirkham, Chief Medical Officer and Lead Partner for Integration in Deloitte’s Health and Social Care team and Sara Siegel, Deloitte’s UK and EMEA Head of Healthcare as we examine the crucial role of public health in health protection, ill-health prevention and in promoting healthy behaviours. Despite a wealth of evidence that investing in prevention is fundamental to a resilient and sustainable health system, the UK, like most other countries, spends less than five per cent of healthcare funding on preventative services. Listen to hear more about this debate and see what some of the experts have to say on this topic