Research by Johan Mackenbach, Professor of Public Health at the University Medical Centre Rotterdam  

A new study on health inequalities across 10 European countries including Scotland makes fascinating listening!  It is not yet published but watch out for it.  If you have an interest in understanding the nature and causes of health inequalities  tune in to this research or go on line for other related publications by the same author especially Health Inequalities: Europe in Profile which highlights:

Inequalities in health between people with higher and lower educational level, occupational class and income level have been found in all European countries.

The widening of some of these health inequalities during the last decades of the 20th century has increased the urgency of this public health problem.

This independent report, commissioned by the UK Presidency of the European Union, gives a comprehensive overview of patterns and trends.