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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 […]

2.24. For reasons both of fairness and of overall outcomes improvement, the NHS Long Term Plan therefore takes a more concerted and systematic approach to reducing health inequalities and addressing unwarranted variation in care. In order to do so and reflecting our Public Sector Equality Duties and other public duties:

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.

Following the Government’s announcement of a new NHS funding settlement, NHS England’s Director for Experience, Participation and Equalities and SRO for the Prevention, Personal Responsibility and Health Inequalities work stream of the NHS Long Term Plan, highlights how we can address health inequalities and some of the critical opportunities and challenges:

The plan was developed by frontline NHS staff, patient groups and national experts. Chapter two of the plan sets out specific commitments to deliver “more action on prevention and health inequalities” - with a targeted focus on smoking, obesity, alcohol, air pollution, and anti-microbial resistance.

These are sometimes referred to as wider determinants of health." - NHS England. NHS England and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have both committed to reducing health inequalities. NHS organisations have legal duties to reduce the factors that can contribute to health inequalities (Equality Act 2010, NHS Act 2006, Health and Care Act 2022).

A new health inequalities improvement dashboard will help track progress (although this should be opened up to local citizens and non-governmental organisations to build public understanding of inequalities), and NHS England’s survey on what practical further support the NHS needs to help deliver has recently closed and should help answer practical questions like what sort of support from ...

The Health Inequalities programme aims to support trusts to make sense of health inequalities and embed it as a part of core business. Informed by research and engagement with trust leaders, the programme's events and resources focus on: ... NHS trusts play a crucial role in addressing health inequalities, by delivering inclusive services for ...

its full part in tackling health inequalities: “for us to get to a place where we have and are delivering exceptional quality healthcare for all, but ensuring equitable access, excellent experience, and optimal outcomes, that is the marker of success for me.” National director for Health Inequalities at NHS England and NHS Improvement, May ...

2021). More recently, trusts are also required to develop and implement a plan to address health inequalities within their workforce, as set out in High Impact Action 4 in the NHS equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) plan (NHS England, 2023). Our health inequalities guide includes suggested objectives for trust board members to support

Inequalities in infection, hospital admissions, and mortality are a significant cost to the NHS. They directly contribute to the gap between the richest and poorest in life expectancy and healthy ...

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.

inequality will be disregarded as other priorities with clear and stringent accountability mechanisms take precedence. 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

Health inequalities are unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups within society. These include how long people are likely to live, the health conditions they may experience and the care that is available to them. The conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age can impact […]

A planning matrix has been developed to help NHS colleagues assess how their work is helping to reduce health inequalities and ensure high quality healthcare for all. The Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Planning Matrix outlines key areas for consideration when services are designed, implemented, and evaluated. The matrix is being used by national NHS programme and […]

This follows commitments to prevent and address healthcare inequalities in the NHS Long Term Plan, and five strategic priorities being included in the NHS Operational Planning Guidance 2021/22. Describing the extraordinary work happening every day across the NHS would be a monumental task, so we have focused our attention on a handful of areas ...

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 ...

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 ...

Summary. Drawing on The King’s Fund’s five-year programme of work on health inequalities and tackling the worst health outcomes, which includes insights from stakeholders, partners and people with lived experience, this long read outlines what the King's Fund think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on to help the NHS do more to tackle these challenges.