The challenge The Wakefield area covers some 350 square kilometres, most of which is rural, and is home to 325,570 1 people. Despite some improvement in recent years, health inequality remains a major challenge for Wakefield, with life expectancy, deprivation, smoking, obesity and early deaths from heart disease and cancer all worse than the England average. 2 Within the Wakefield District 11.1% of the population provide unpaid care to look after

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