Category: Inequality
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what can the NHS do about cost of living and poverty – practical ideas
A short note on this. Others will write eloquently about the structural answers to both poverty and the more immediate cost of living crisis. This not focuses on what can the NHS do about cost of living and poverty. I have tried to be a bit practical. I haven’t focused on the why, or the […]
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Health disparities white paper
June 02, 2022 Health disparities white paper Doing a fair few talks at a fair few meetings on “what are we doing, or going to do about health inequalities” or similar. Similarly, lots of conversations within the SIPHER consortium on it. Following those, some thoughts here from perspective of a jobbing director of public health. Steal […]
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Marmot 10 years on
Launched this week – http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/marmot-review-10-years-on. This is a (detailed) briefing on key points in three parts – 1) what does it say, 2) some reflection, 3) some thoughts on where next. Acknowledgement – Paul Hayes, Wakefield MDC, Jeanelle De Gruchy, ADPH President, and many who commented on the launch of the report on social […]
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A health inequalities strategy in 10 simple steps
A while ago I published a set of slides – here – which were an attempt to tell the story of Health inequality in Sheffield from the 2014 “plan” through the discussions HWBB had in 2016 on this, through a HWBB workshop Dave Buck facilitated in early 2017 and to bring up to date. this […]
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Why is there a 20 year gap in healthy life expectancy between best and worst in 2018.
In case I need to remind you there is a giant gap in Healthy Life Expectancy. This is most often expressed in geographic terms, it’s equally important to remember the gap expressed in terms of poor outcomes for those with mental illness, a physical or learning disability. This blog from ONS highlighted the stalling population […]
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Health Inequalities – where next. Some thoughts
Health Inequalities – where next. Some thoughts This is the final in a set of four blogs attempts to describe the story of health inequalities in a town and recent history, why this remains important, what a strategy might look like and how it might be framed. Blog 1 considers the story in Sheffield to […]
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View of a GP working in the “deep end” on role of GPs addressing health inequalities
View of a GP working in the “deep end” on role of GPs addressing health inequalities. Unedited view on this topic of a GP at the sharp end of this HT @northerngp aka Liz Walton 1) Holistic care: Mental health and social prescribing services are doing their best in our practice area but are massively […]
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Health inequalities – what to “do”. What actions or interventions
Health inequalities – what to “do”. What are the actions or interventions we should implement? This is the second in a series. The first blog set out some background, context, language and framing issues. Here I set out some thoughts on intervention. Again, it’s a little fiddly. 1. General principles& Framework There are a number […]
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Reframing Health inequalities
Introduction This is the first in a set of two blogs attempts to describe the story of health inequalities in a town and recent history, why this remains important, what a strategy might look like and how it might be framed. Blog 1 considers the story in Sheffield to date, framing, context and language, the […]
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