Health Inequalities webinar, held on 10 November 2022.

The panel reflected on how the Core20PLUS5 approach has brought needed focus and simplicity to health inequalities, and explored how further insights can enable trusts to maximise their understanding of health inequalities and how to reduce them. The discussion explored:

• the need to adapt Core20PLUS5 to the needs of your local population, with examples of how North West Ambulance Service has done this.
• the importance of building capability around health inequalities, training and educating staff, supported by strategic leadership and accountability.
• trying to address health inequalities by focusing solely on individual behaviour glosses over the real issues, such as barriers to access and lack of trust.
  
  

Find the presentation slides here.

Resources:

Speakers and delegates shared a range of resources which can be found below:

• East London Foundation Trust's Sickle cell disease course and work to become a Marmot Trust
• NHS England's Core20PLUS Connectors programme
• The Institute for Health Improvement's Core20PLUS5 collaborative programme
• The Health Creation Alliance has published a series of reports on creating approaches to reducing health inequalities.
  
  

Chair: Saffron Cordery, interim chief executive, NHS Providers

Speakers:

Mary Hill, head of policy at NHS England’s healthcare inequalities improvement programme

Merron Simpson, chief executive of the Health Creation Alliance,

Christine Camacho, public health registrar at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.