Tackling the health gap that exists between the richest and poorest is still one of the greatest challenges facing Scotland, the Public Health Minister has said.
Michael Matheson spoke out as an expert group set up to try to reduce that gap met for the first time.
The Ministerial Taskforce on Health Inequalities was established to suggest ways to tackle the problem. It comes after a report published last year showed life expectancy was higher where deprivation is lower.
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