Harvir Braich had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Dr Andrew Snell,  a jack of all trades: A&E consultant and public health doctor. Andy and Harvir have a chat about the great work he has done abroad and his thoughts on how best to tackle health inequalities in this country. 

They had a brilliant conversation and discussed….. 

• What inspired Andy to dual train in public health and A&E (1 min) 
• The lessons we can learn from other health systems to reflect on our own (4.40mins) 
• Any atypical examples seen abroad that Andy found insightful (10mins) 
• The health inequality themes seen at policy level and at the front door of A&E (15 mins) 
• What work Andy has been helping with in Barnsley regarding health inequalities and the three tiers (22mins) 
•  What Andy would change if he had a magic wand in order to address health inequalities (31 mins) 
• What resources and books inspired Andy along his journey (33.30mins) 

References 

Copenhagen and cycling (13 mins): 

 Greenfield, John (9 December 2012). "Danish History: How Copenhagen became bike-friendly again". 

Foresight report on obesity (13.40 mins): 

Health foundation podcast (34mins) 

One Hundred Years of Solitude (35 mins)

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