Health inequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. There are many kinds of health inequality, and many ways in which the term is used. This means that when we talk about ‘health inequality’, it is useful to be clear on which measure is unequally distributed, and between which ...
The 10-year health plan must take every opportunity to align with the goals set out in the health mission and its strategy for tackling health inequalities. NHS England should ensure that outcomes and process measures around tackling health inequalities are embedded within integrated care boards’ (ICBs) performance management structures.
Health inequalities can be measured by differences in health outcomes among different groups of people. For example, in England life expectancy varies depending on where people live. People living in the most deprived areas have a life expectancy a decade shorter than those living in the least deprived areas (life expectancy is 76 years in ...
National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme. Health inequalities are unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups within society. They arise because of the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age. These conditions influence how we think, feel and act and can impact ...
The NHS Long Term Plan placed tackling health inequalities at the heart of NHS goals for this decade. The big population health improvement goals can only be met through far better engagement with those least likely to present at NHS services now. Furthermore, COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on some of the health and wider inequalities that ...
We will work to undo the fundamental causes of health inequalities with a focus on the unequal distribution of income, power and wealth. Prevent We will work to prevent the wider environmental influences in which people live and work that result in health inequalities, such as low income, poor housing, low education or a lack of access to services.
Health inequalities are unfair and avoidable differences in health between groups of people. These differences happen because of many connected factors, such as where people live, their income, or their access to services. The main causes of health inequalities include: Living conditions, such as housing, education, and income. Access to health ...
Stronger NHS action on health inequalities. 2.23. The NHS was founded to provide universal access to healthcare, though healthcare is only one of many factors that influence our health. The social and economic environment in which we are born, grow up, live, work and age, as well as the decisions we make for ourselves and our families ...
To realise a step change in health and wellbeing, systems will need to adopt new approaches to health inequalities as well as wider inequalities in society. We are working with system leaders to consistently reduce health inequalities, supporting one of NHS England’s key priorities for systems by: supporting the roll out of the Core20PLUS5 ...
We were commissioned by the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team at NHS England to explore the content of ICS strategies and Joint Forward Plans to gain insight into how they address health and healthcare inequalities. We undertook a baseline audit of all 42 system strategies, JFPs, and any associated health inequalities strategic plans.
Since 2010 accountability for health inequalities in the NHS has been weak and health inequalities have widened. In 2020 a national team on health inequalities with a Task and Finish group was created as part of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic response. In 2021 further action was taken and a health inequalities programme team and national director
Statement on Information on Health Inequalities Our full response to NHS England’s Statement on Information on Health Inequalities (duty under section 13SA of the National Health Service Act 2006) will be published, in line with NHS England’s requirements, on this webpage at the end of June.
play in shaping and reinforcing ethnic health inequalities. • Despite a strong legal and policy framework, individual commitment and pockets of success, the analysis presented in this report shows that the NHS has failed to make significant progress, both in reducing ethnic health inequalities and in tackling wider health inequalities.
The pandemic has increased the prominence of health inequalities, both within and beyond the NHS, and has intensified policymakers’ focus on the need for change. Before the pandemic, the NHS Long term plan (NHS England 2019) emphasised preventative care and reducing health inequalities. It laid the basis for a more systematic approach for the ...
The Health and Care Act 2022 ushered in a wave of reforms to the NHS, including new legislation for tackling health inequalities. The Act placed a legal duty on NHS bodies to have regard to health inequalities and to report on the extent to which they have met this duty each year ( NHS Providers, 2022b ).
As well as the costs to the social, physical and mental health of our communities, it was estimated that inequalities in emergency infectious disease hospital admissions cost the NHS between £970 ...
Reducing health inequalities will require system partners to collaborate, and improvements will take time to be realised. The ICP will play a central role at system level in tackling health inequalities, as it will bring together the full range of partners, including local authorities and, potentially, voluntary and community organisations.
