Global context: A review of priority global health issues for the UK

This paper addresses the unstoppable force that is globalisation, and represents a call to policy makers to ignore global forces in health at their peril. Part of the Policy futures for UK health - Pathfinder Technical Series.

Kelley Lee addresses global movements in health, emphasising the need to strengthen global governance. Her paper also explores the consequences of globalisation for health in the UK, including the need for policy makers and health professionals to be made aware of global health issues, the need for national health institutions to adapt to globalising forces, and the consequences for policy and practice of the different levels of government that result from globalisation and devolution.