Bradford Council seeks solutions to the city's 'unacceptable' gap in health equality.
Researchers will look at issues including childhood obesity, lack of green space and drug useThe life expectancy of people living in the city's wealthiest areas is up to 11 years higher than that of residents in deprived areas, the council said.Susan Hinchcliffe, Bradford Council leader, said the centre will help create new policies "that work".
The National Institute for Health and Care Research will be funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, according to theThe money will be spent on employing specialist researchers, policy makers and support staff for the next five years.Ms Hinchcliffe said: "It is simply unacceptable that in 21st-century Britain we have such huge gaps in health equality.
"Few local authorities currently possess the capacity to undertake research of the type and rigour required to find out what really works and deliver large-scale impact on health inequalities. This funding will help us to gather that evidence and implement policies and practice that work."Follow BBC Yorkshire on
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