Cara Leavey joined the Health Foundation in October 2019 as Policy and Programme Officer in the Healthy Lives Team.
Cara has worked on health and social policy for a range of organisations prior to joining the Health Foundation. She has most recently worked at Rethink Mental Illness as Policy and Public Affairs Officer.
She has an MSc in Inequalities and Social Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her work focused on health inequalities.
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If it takes a village to raise a child, why aren’t we doing more to support parents?
Anita Mehay and Cara Leavey share their thoughts about the socioeconomic inequalities that can...
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Lifelong learning and levelling up: building blocks for good health
Why is further education critical to the government’s levelling up agenda? Our analysis explores...
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Generation COVID-19
The pandemic has highlighted existing inequalities and new challenges for young people. Our analysis...
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Emerging evidence on health inequalities and COVID-19: July 2020
Louise Marshall gives our third round up of the emerging evidence on COVID-19 and inequalities for...
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Learning from lockdown
COVID-19 and the response have touched every part of society. But as the UK edges out of lockdown,...
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