All Health inequalities articles – Page 9
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News
DHSC hiring three £110,000 policy directors
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for three policy directors for its new Office for Health Promotion, to be paid £110,000 or more.
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Comment
What HIV care can teach us about treating long covid
To successfully rehabilitate long covid patients, we should learn from existing best practice in long-term conditions care such as HIV, writes Charlotte Augst
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Comment
Inclusiveness should be seen as a competence and not a virtue
To strengthen board diversity in the NHS, there must be commitment from the top, starting with national commitment and NHS boards, and public transparency is imperative, writes Joan Saddler
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Comment
NHS leaders must be made accountable for reducing health inequalities
Work to address health inequalities, including ethnic health inequalities, should be elevated to a ‘must do’ rather than a ‘nice to have’, write Habib Naqvi and Richard Murray
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Comment
ICSs and the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities
Andrew Fenton reflects on a re-energised NHS focus on health inequalities, and the vital role of ICS and place-level partnerships
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News
Trust to move people with learning disabilities up waiting lists
A hospital trust has decided to prioritise people with learning disabilities for elective treatment, after analysis showed they were disproportionately affected by lengthy waits for care, along with some people who have a minority ethnic background.
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Comment
The covid vaccine approach could cut other race inequalities in health
If we can take the lessons from covid and apply them with the discipline and energy of the vaccination campaign, we can make rapid improvements in life expectancy and rapidly reduce inequalities, says Shahed Ahmad
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HSJ Local
CCG awards £1.6bn ‘integrated care partnership’ contract
An acute trust plans to create an integrated care partnership with a not-for-profit company after winning a £1.6bn contract for community, mental health and social care services.
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HSJ Partners
Relieving health inequity in elective care access after the pandemic
By working together and utilising the ‘four Is’, health and care systems can build a fairer system with less unwarranted variation. Andrew Moran explains how this population health management approach could work.
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Comment
You can’t legislate for a collaborative culture
Greater Manchester has been designing a model that builds on the strong partnership that has already taken place at a city-region level and at place but continues to address challenges, writes Sir Richard Leese
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Comment
The NHS and its partners must 'take risks' to improve care for children
For healthcare to truly improve the overall outcomes of children and young people health issues must be addressed holistically alongside factors like safety, wellbeing, and access to education, training and skills. By Rukshana Kapasi
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HSJ Partners
How we are addressing waiting lists and social inequalities at scale
Nigel Foster on the need to not just restore services and reduce backlogs but to tackle potential inequalities in access, experience and outcomes
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Comment
Sir Simon Stevens: a champion for race equality
Yvonne Coghill gives a befitting tribute to the outgoing NHS England chief, especially for his work around equality in the health service
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Comment
The three pandemics
We need the contribution of millions of people as volunteers and supporters to handle the crises in the NHS, writes Patricia Hewitt
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HSJ Partners
How data will underpin elective care recovery
It is imperative that we think now about how we prioritise our patients and deliver timely care to maximise safety and minimise risk, writes Doug Treanor
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News
NHSE must act to shrink ethnic pay gap, says government report
NHS England should undertake a strategic review of the causes of ‘disparate’ pay and, where discrimination is found, ‘spell out’ measures to address it, according to a new government report.
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Comment
Legislation must require clinical and lay members on ICS boards
With the DHSC’s bill brought forward in Parliament, health leaders have raised concerns with the NHS Confederation which require the government’s attention, writes Lou Patten
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News
Trusts told to be more flexible with staff holiday
Trusts should be flexible in their holiday policies, including letting staff carry over any unused annual leave, NHS England has said.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2020: Primary Care Innovation of the Year
WINNER: Sevenhills + Primary Care Network - Covid-19 Vulnerable Patient Visiting Service
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Comment
Without urgent action the UK could slip further behind in tackling cancer
Michelle Mitchell emphasises on adoptive commitments for tackling cancer inequalities, clearing backlog of diagnostic waits and stopping cancer survival from going backwards