Caring for people and our planet: Dr Dominique Allwood on health inequalities and climate change

Is it possible to tackle climate change without further widening health inequalities? Jo Vigor speaks to Dr Dominique Allwood, Chief Medical Officer at UCL Partners and Director of Population Health at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, about her leadership journey, why clarity of mission is so important and the challenge of creating a sustainable and equitable health and care system. You can read the paper on anchor institutions mentioned by Dr Dominique Allwood in this episode on the Royal College of Physicians website.  Related resources What are health inequalities? (Explainer) Health inequalities - from evidence to action (Virtual conference) Getting to grips with climate change: how can the NHS get to net zero? (Blog)

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