The Health Foundation Blog: Understanding the impact of devolution in Greater Manchester on health (29 Sept 2022)

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Learning for national policy

Initial evidence from Greater Manchester provides hope that a mix of changes linked to devolution could contribute to better population health. But the study only gives a limited picture. It tells us that there was an improvement in life expectancy in Greater Manchester during devolution. But it doesn’t tell us why. A longer term evaluation of health and care devolution in the region will be completed by the University of Manchester at the end of 2022, including analysis of some local service changes introduced, assessment of a broader range of health measures, and potential impacts on inequalities.