Many of the underlying health risk factors for COVID-19 are the result of poor conditions associated with the social determinants of health. Interventions to tackle health inequalities need to reflect the complexity of how these inequalities are created and perpetuated.
Levelling up: Equality in health, inclusion and opportunity
Tackling health inequality is core to the NHS Constitution, values and purpose. A person’s chances of enjoying good health and a longer life are influenced by the socio-economic circumstances in which they are born, grow, work, live and age.
Inequalities in health harm individuals, families and communities – and they are expensive to the public purse. Since 2010 improvements in life expectancy in England have stalled and the amount of time people spend in poor health increased.
We are seeking to design programmes delivered across a system requiring multi-agency coordinated interventions with all partners and providers, in order to achieve broader socio-economic and health and wellbeing outcomes.
Together we will share knowledge, evidence and insights to increase visibility and influence on social equity and equality issues relevant to health. Through this approach, we aim to provide solutions that help tackle wider social problems affecting communities and that are sustainable in the long term.
Inequalities in health harm individuals, families and communities – and they are expensive to the public purse. Since 2010 improvements in life expectancy in England have stalled and the amount of time people spend in poor health increased.
We are seeking to design programmes delivered across a system requiring multi-agency coordinated interventions with all partners and providers, in order to achieve broader socio-economic and health and wellbeing outcomes.
Together we will share knowledge, evidence and insights to increase visibility and influence on social equity and equality issues relevant to health. Through this approach, we aim to provide solutions that help tackle wider social problems affecting communities and that are sustainable in the long term.
Deprivation and ethnicity: Improving immunisation uptake across the UK
In July 2020, we were commissioned by NHS England to deliver the national Immunisation Management Service (IMS) for influenza. This service would be a keystone in the Government’s enhanced winter flu ...
How Core20Plus Connectors are targeting health inequalities
Hear the latest about how the Connectors programme is taking shape under the Core20Plus5 push to reduce healthcare inequalities with community-based action
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Mary Hill, Head of Policy: Healthcare Inequalities Improvement, NHS England
- Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Chief Officer, Caribbean and African Health Network
- Sarah Sweeney, Head of Policy, National Voices
- Merron Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, The Health Creation Alliance
How do we ensure that primary care providers have a voice in Integrated Care Systems?
Andrew Fenton, Transformation Director is joined by Dr Rupa Joshi, GP and Co-Clinical Director of Wokingham North PCN; to discuss how COVID-19 has brought health inequalities back into focus and working in partnerships to support patients across the whole community.
Core20PLUS Connectors
Exceptional quality healthcare for all through equitable access, excellent experience, and optimal outcomes is the NHS's goal for reducing healthcare inequalities. Wave 4 of the Core20PLUS5 Connectors Programme for 2023/24 is now open for application...
‘The biggest opportunities are at the margins of our communities’
This striking comment from Dr Bola Owolabi, Director for Health Inequalities Improvement at NHS England, represents an increasing emphasis that health improvement for populations can and should largel...
Prompting smokers across Somerset to quit for Stoptober
Advertising campaign achieved the fourth-highest click-through rates for a campaign of this type across England.
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Protecting communities and families from second-hand smoke
Delivering large scale public-facing campaigns to reduce smoking prevalence and highlight the dangers of illegal tobacco across 14 local authorities in the South West.
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ICSs and the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities
Andrew Fenton reflects on a re-energised NHS focus on health inequalities, a place-based approach, and the vital role of ICS partnerships.
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