1. INTRODUCTION
The Ministerial Task Force on Health Inqualities welcomed input from a number of external sources in the course of its work. It drew of the Scottish Government's consultation leading to the Better Health, Better Care action plan towards the end of 2007. The Task Force has published some of its background papers on its web pages already http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/Inequalities/Inequalitiestaskforce.
The Task Force wishes its working papers to be published at the same time as its report to Cabinet. This will allow those more interested to see in more detail the evidence the Task Force has used and the information presented to it on current and potential future action.
In particular, the Task Force is pleased to publish reports of three constulations it carried out with a wide-ranging Third Sector audience, with managers associated with important local public services and with young people through Young Scot.
The Task Force is grateful to everyone who has contributed to its findings.
Scottish Government
May 2008