In March 2026 the Institute for Health Equality (IHE) published a report setting out recommendations for how Medway can achieve its goal of becoming a Marmot Place. The recommendations are organised around the 8 Marmot principles and focus on:
- the importance of putting the principles into practice through organisational change
- strengthening systems to tackle health inequalities.
At this stage the recommendations are intentionally broad because they're meant to start a conversation across Medway. This conversation includes:
- local organisations
- businesses
- communities
- residents.
Through this engagement, the recommendations will be turned into a detailed action plan to reduce health inequalities and improve the lives of all residents.
Download the IHE report for Medway's Marmot Place Partnership
We've developed short PowerPoints to help partners introduce Medway as a Marmot Place and summarise the IHE report. These slides can be used to brief employees, clients and wider stakeholders. Tailored versions are available for those working in the:
Partners are welcome to edit this slide deck.
Consultation feedback and final recommendations report
After the IHE report was published, we worked with over 90 organisations and partners across Medway to get their views on the recommendations.
The feedback helped us to ensure the recommendations reflected:
- local experiences
- priorities
- challenges.
As a result, some of the original recommendations were updated and strengthened.
Download the consultation feedback and final recommendations report
Resident insight report
We commissioned EK360 to collate 5 years of community insight.
This report is a baseline picture of residents' health and wellbeing using real voices and lived experiences.