There is an increasing body of evidence on the cumulative
effects of health inequalities related to socio-economic
status,and while some of these do dis-aggregate the data on
men and women, there is rarely an analysis of the implications
of gender difference for future policy development
and practitioner services. Such research would serve to inform
the design of work-related health improvement programmes,
so that they can be based on a deeper
under standing of what is effective in particular circumstances
with certain groups of people. The changing ethnic
composition of the older population and the recent increase
in migrant workers requires further research and analysis to
investigate the impact of work on health among older workers from different ethnic groups and the implications of this
for health services in the future