William Roberts | Royal Society for Public Health | Voices of Care

Many commentators decry the "nanny state" yet a clear message from William Roberts, CEO at the Royal Society for Public Health, in our latest Voices of Care podcast challenges this narrative. As he says:   " People want to be healthy, and the public overwhelmingly want their governments  to support them to stay healthy"   William speaks so passionately about the Prevention agenda and the role that Public Health is and can play to support workers, employers and all communities. He confirms that employers can be more pro-active as "we know that the reason people are dropping out of work is because they have lots of health problems.   Perhaps most importantly, as figures show life expectancy falling in our country, he highlights that we need to address the fact that there are stark inequalities in life expectancy.   His message offers hope as he highlights the broader public health workforce that could be trained and deployed to address all of the above and invites us all to truly be leaders as " public health is everybody's responsibility"   William also covers the role of the NHS, the Men's Health Strategy and much more in an episode you will not want to miss