All Health inequalities articles – Page 14
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CommentThe social fabric has been torn and it's damaging health
Charlotte Augst, of National Voices, and Ian Hudspeth, of the Local Government Association, on the importance of communities and social support to wellbeing - and the need to prioritise it accordingly.
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NewsNHS chiefs 'must call out racists and homophobes'
Three leading NHS trust chief executives have called on their peers to directly challenge communities whose racist and homophobic views often lead to the abuse of NHS staff.
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CommentThe best laid plans: Making a reality of the NHS long-term plan
Hugh Alderwick, of the Health Foundation, discusses lessons from the past for a fresh round of system-wide planning in the NHS
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CommentAnother step towards integrated care – but pitfalls remain
Niall Dickson, NHS Confederation chief executive, weighs up the prospects of progress for integrated care systems.
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NewsNHSE sets first targets to cut BME disciplinary cases
The first NHS targets for reducing the disproportionate share of black and minority ethnic staff being subject to disciplinary cases have been set by NHS England, which has also told trusts to reduce unnecessary disciplinary action overall.
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CommentThe need for a new social model of health ensuring all parts of the system work together
As a country we are still overly preoccupied with cure rather than prevention and it is leading to an inefficient allocation of public spending and stagnating health – a point we argue in our latest report, Beyond the NHS: Addressing the root causes of poor health, write Sally-Marie Bamford and ...
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HSJ AwardsWinners revealed for HSJ Value Awards 2019
Twenty organisations have been honoured in the 2019 HSJ Value Awards – which recognise and celebrate outstanding improvements in care quality and efficiency made by NHS staff.
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HSJ AwardsThe partnership transforming patient experience
Gateshead Care Partnership brought together the local council, NHS trusts and local GPs to improve the way organisations worked together, and won the 2018 HSJ Award for Improved partnerships between health and local government
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CommentLack of consistent evaluation lets down case for public health interventions
There is a need to improve evaluation of preventive investments, both to inform decision-making and increase transparency. By Dr Eleanor Roy
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CommentService users are best placed to design improvements
Emma Tiffin and Lois Sidney explain a new initiative in Cambridge and Peterborough that puts patients in the driving seat to improve mental health services
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NewsDementia fund could cut A&E admissions
A multibillion-pound dementia fund should be used to fund personal health budgets for dementia patients to address care inequalities, a former NHS science adviser has said.
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NewsSeven CCGs to merge into three under new proposals
Sussex’s seven clinical commissioning groups could merge into three, while a nearby CCG could potentially leave the area’s sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsTrust and union lock horns after £1m tribunal
A trust chief executive and a union secretary are locked in a war of words over the trust’s handling of an employment tribunal and the fate of its workforce director.
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HSJ InteractivePartnership defined by purpose and shared values will make a difference
Rob Webster on how West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership has set out common points of agreement on its purpose, principles and approach and is working towards providing optimum healthcare to its people
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NewsSeveral areas with deep deficits get low funding growth
Health economies with deeper financial deficits are more likely to receive higher funding growth from new commissioning allocations, although there are several significant outliers against this trend.
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CommentLeaders cannot claim to be compassionate if they’re not inclusive
Tracie Jolliff on how it is time for a new conversation about inclusion in the NHS
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NewsNew data reveals 'shocking' uptake of yearly health checks
Nearly half of people in England with a learning disability did not receive an annual health check last year, new data has revealed.
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NewsInequalities shift 'needs political and societal intervention'
Historically ingrained health inequalities in England won’t be reversed by measures in the long-term plan, which require bigger “political and societal” interventions, according to a public health expert whose work contributed to the plan.
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NewsAnger as NHS England accused of public health 'land grab'
NHS England has been accused of a “crude” attempt to engineer a “land grab” after its NHS long-term plan suggested a diminished role for local government in public health.
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CommentWill the NHS long-term plan actually change health inequalities for BAME communities?
Dr Melrose Stewart writes that the NHS long-term plan is far from revolutionary when it comes to addressing healthcare inequalities