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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2024: Innovation and Improvement in Reducing Healthcare Inequalities Award
WINNER Fleetwood Primary Care Network Improving the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing of Children and Young People Across Fleetwood
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HSJ InteractiveReimagining medicines optimisation: A call to action for reducing health inequalities
Aspire Pharma Ltd initiated and funded this article but had no input into the content and was able to review it in advance of publication for factual accuracy and compliance checks only. In July 2024, HSJ Advisory, in partnership with Aspire Pharma Ltd, brought together NHS and pharmacy ...
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CommentThe changes needed to make the NHS fit to tackle health inequality
Tackling health inequality requires bold action, including prioritising prevention, building local partnerships, and empowering staff to address inequalities directly says the King’s Fund.
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CommentWhy the NHS is broken for homeless people
The NHS struggles to care for homeless patients due to service gaps and short-term funding. A recent review highlights how dedicated teams improved care for this group, advocating for systemic changes to address institutional barriers.
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NewsAI could solve ‘disgraceful’ structural problems, says minister
Artificial intelligence could be used to figure out the causes of “disgraceful” structural problems like the higher rates of maternal mortality for black women, a minister told a conference yesterday.
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CommentCovid proved religious groups must have a role in tackling health inequalities
Bringing together her experiences in the NHS and the Church of England, Dame Sarah Mullally writes how faith groups are integral to addressing health inequalities.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2024: Reducing Health Inequalities Through Digital
WINNER NENC Child Health and Wellbeing Network NHS: Healthier Together Champions Supporting Access in Underserved Communities
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HSJ LocalHewitt’s ICS using health inequality cash to ‘offset deficit’
An integrated care system whose chair said addressing health inequalities must be prioritised has admitted using dedicated funds to offset its financial deficit.
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News‘Keep the faith in ICBs’, urges national leader
Policymakers must “keep the faith” in integrated care boards, and should not seek to “carve up” their role by removing responsibility for overseeing provider trusts, a national leader has said.
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CommentEmpowering Black Communities in HIV Healthcare
Oluwakemi Agunbiade explores how the Unheard Voices project challenges the ‘hard-to-reach’ narrative, empowers Black communities, and advocates for meaningful involvement in HIV healthcare
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The five lessons from the second year of ICSs
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Cutting the right things
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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HSJ PartnersEarly intervention: Shifting the dial on child health requires an integrated approach
Rukshana Kapasi explores why early intervention is so essential in supporting prevention and promoting child health and wellbeing
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NewsExclusive: Regions most in need of doctors still missing out under NHS workforce plan
The regions with the greatest need for more medical trainees are benefiting the least from the early years of the NHS workforce plan, HSJ analysis shows.
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CommentPoverty-proofing NHS services
Sarah Woolnough explains the profound impact of poverty on healthcare and the NHS, highlighting inequalities in access, care, and the urgent need for action
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CommentTaking a stand against bigotry
In response to racist and misogynistic remarks by the CEO of a prominent technology supplier, the digital health community is uniting to forge an Equity charter, aiming to ensure sector-wide accountability and fairness, while fostering a safe and equitable environment for all
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NewsNHSE appoints four new directors
NHS England has confirmed four new national clinical director appointments, including its first for women’s health.
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CommentI am not 'an angry black woman', but I am disheartened by the lack of diversity in NHS comms
A report’s finding that there is poor representation of minority ethnic communities in NHS communication teams speaks to a broader issue of racial inequality, and the lack of diversity in senior positions in the NHS, writes Edna Boampong
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Richard Kirby, CEO of Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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News‘Urgent action’ needed to stop AI harm, says government review
“Action at the highest levels” is “urgently needed to anticipate potential harm” – including racial and other bias – from widespread use of AI in healthcare, a government review has warned.