All Health inequalities articles – Page 9
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NewsRevealed: The top-performing ICSs defying deprivation challenges
A cluster of integrated care systems across the North of England has bucked the trend to deliver successful integration schemes and better patient outcomes despite high levels of deprivation, new analysis has found.
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NewsUkraine refugees not accessing NHS despite need
Many Ukraine refugees who were receiving regular care before leaving the country say they have not continued it since arriving in the UK, prompting warnings they have not been ‘empowered to seek support’.
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CommentThe NHS must be more ambitious in combating inequalities faced by disabled staff
As the country’s largest healthcare provider and employer, the NHS is uniquely positioned to play a central and pioneering role in tackling inequalities both for disabled patients and its disabled staff, writes Oliver Potter
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NewsI faced a ‘double whammy’ of discrimination, says trust CEO
The joint CEO of two trusts felt she needed to prove herself when vying for top-level roles – while others landed jobs based on their potential alone.
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NewsSharp rise in child development issues in wake of covid
Families are being ‘left without the support they need’, as overstretched services struggle to handle ‘a significant and growing minority’ of children not developing as expected.
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HSJ Partners‘Look. And You Will C Us’ – a community support programme to help tackle cancer inequalities in the UK
Véronique Walsh, General Manager of Gilead Life Sciences UK and Ireland, on how more needs to be done urgently to tackle inequalities in access to optimal cancer care
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NewsTrusts failing on waiting list ask told to ‘get act together’
Trusts have been told to ‘get their act together’ on health inequalities, after HSJ research suggested only a small minority have so far published data on disparities in waiting times between different patient groups.
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HSJ LocalHospital group’s ‘collective brand’ may help DGHs recruit, say chiefs
Two district general hospitals are planning a major clinical reconfiguration and developing a “collective brand” which they hope could ease their staffing problems, their leaders have told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The inequalities challenge laid bare
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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CommentWhat do health inequalities mean for trust leaders?
While health inequalities are not a new product of the pandemic, Leanora Volpe explains how covid-19’s impact on marginalised communities has given impetus to a coordinated, united effort to narrow the gap in access to, experience of, and outcomes from healthcare services, and what trust leadership’s role is in this.
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CommentTrusts must resolve tensions between local and regional priorities as reforms bite
Georgia Butterworth writes about place-based working and the ingredients for success
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HSJ PartnersWhy terminology matters
If we start with the wrong language, we will end up with the wrong solutions, write Sam Rodger and Habib Naqvi
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NewsHSJ’s Ukraine e-auction raises over £23,000
HSJ’s e-auction has raised £23,760 to help the people of wartorn Ukraine.
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CommentThe NHS needs to welcome Ukrainian refugees in their own language
New research by Healthwatch shines light on barriers to care experienced by non-English speakers. Jacob Lant, head of policy and research at Healthwatch England, explains why language support is crucial in fulfilling the UK’s commitment to help refugees arriving from Ukraine
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HSJ PartnersIntegrated care systems and their journey so far
If we hold our nerve and shift from short-term targets to long-term gains, we can really deliver the potential of ICSs, writes Des Breen
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CommentEnding the short termism in health inequality policy
Toby Lewis on what it will take to tackle the waste and harm caused by health inequalities
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CommentWhat the NHS needs to hear from Javid tomorrow
Chris Hopson on the challenges created by the pandemic and the need of the hour for the NHS
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CommentCommunities – not hospitals – are key to a thriving NHS
We need to make community-powered prevention a valued part of the system, writes Prof Donna Hall
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HSJ PartnersNew report to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on inequalities in cancer care
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and treatment across the globe has been significant. According to Cancer Research UK, almost three in 10 cancer patients had their treatment disrupted when the ...