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On average, the lower your social position in society, the sooner you develop health problems in your life, the more sick you will be, and the sooner you will die – this is called health inequalities Shona Kelly is a Professor of Interdisciplinary Health Research at the Department of Social Work, Social Care and Community Studies, Sheffield ...

Health Inequalities Expert Advisory Group Chair Dr Owen Williams OBE explains the eight urgent actions for the NHS to tackle health inequalities as the NHS continues to respond to the Covid19 pandemic.

The Community Empowerment Act is an important new piece of Scottish legislation with opportunities to reduce health inequalities through the redistribution of power – but that depends on us really understanding what power is, where power lies and how this relates to health. http://www.healthscotland.scot/health-inequalities/fundamental-causes ...

Professor John Newton outlines what commissioners and local authorities can do to reduce health inequalities experienced by those living with or recovering from mental illness, so that they achieve the same health outcomes and life expectancy as the rest of the population. Health Matters collection page: http://bit.ly/Healthmatters.

This webinar reflected on the role of data as a key enabler for addressing health inequalities. We shared examples from two NHS trusts that have developed specific data dashboards and tools to monitor activity and inequalities data, which is then used to inform action on reducing health inequalities. Hear Saffron outline how access to timely ...

http://www.scotpho.org.uk/about-us/public-health-information-network-for-scotland-phins/ Gerry McCartney, NHS Health Scotland on 'Reducing health inequalities: insights from theory and practice' NHS Health Scotland, the Scottish Public Health Observatory and the Glasgow Centre for Public Health hosted this event on 29 September 2017. It was the ...

Andrew Fenton, Transformation Director is joined by Dr Rupa Joshi, GP and Co-Clinical Director of Wokingham North PCN, to discuss how COVID-19 has brought health inequalities back into focus. This short video asks how do we ensure that primary care providers have a voice in integrated care systems, and uncovers the importance of working in ...

Drawing on our five-year programme of work on health inequalities, we outline what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on.

Watch this film about Kareem and his mum Fazilla’s experience of reasonable adjustments and the difference it makes to them when reasonable adjustments are offered.

Oxford GP Dr Kiren Collison, member of the Health Inequalities Expert Advisory Group, explains why now is the time for action on health inequalities as the NHS continues to respond to the Covid19 pandemic.

This video is part of our Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS project. Find out more here: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/long-reads/tackling-health-inequalities-seven-priorities-nhs

Professor Bola Owolabi, Director – Health Inequalities at NHS England, visits Somerset to see a service designed to reduce healthcare inequalities for people experiencing homelessness. Bola meets the healthcare professionals delivering the service as well as those benefiting from the service and volunteers supporting the service who have ...

In 2022, the Health Foundation carried out an independent review of health and health inequalities in Scotland to provide a detailed and thorough analysis of the health trends and wider factors that have influenced people’s health in Scotland over the last two decades. Watch this video to learn more about the review.

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the inequalities in our society, and multiplied the suffering of some of our most deprived communities. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) That is the conclusion of a landmark report on health inequality led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. He says social deprivation must be addressed in the wake ...

Health Inequalities Expert Advisory Group Chair Dr Owen Williams OBE sets out why comprehensive, accurate data on patients and populations is a key priority for the NHS as it continues to respond to the Covid19 pandemic.

COVID-19 has shone harsh light on some of the health and wider inequalities that persist in our society. It has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on many who already face disadvantage and discrimination. The impact of the virus has been particularly detrimental on people living in areas of high ...

The context of health inequalities, social determinants and personalised care; what is needed now – health creation, changing the way care is delivered, Dan Hopewell, Director of Innovation, Bromley by Bow Centre

This video explains health equity and the interconnected factors that contribute to health inequities and health disparities. This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/videos/Video2-HealthEquityOverview_LowResolution.mp4

Despite rapid advances in the field of medicine, the needs and physiology of women and girls continue to be overlooked within the healthcare system. Women have been excluded from research and are underserved in domains such as cardiac health. This Health Gap impacts the health and quality of life of all women, especially those in marginalized ...

Learn about strategies that healthcare systems can use to identify and eliminate health inequities affecting their patients. For further information about how these strategies are being used to improved care for Veterans, visit: VA.gov/healthequity/

Dr Jinki Trevillian from the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, breaks down some of the key challenges behind the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 10. SDG10 aims to "Reduce inequality within and among countries". This video was produced by the EDDS Team of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Education portfolio in collaboration with UNSW Sustainability.

Reducing inequalities in access to general practice services For more information on reducing inequalities and improving access to general practice services, visit us at the links provided: www.uea.ac.uk/GPstudy https://www.england.nhs.uk/gpaccess https://www.england.nhs.uk/equality-hub

This long read explores what partnership working between disabled people and the health and care system looks like, and how it could improve.

From improving access to health information to aiding better representation in health systems and services, here's how digital can help close health gaps.

Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Lecture Series: Social inequalities in health Ann Morning, Ph.D. New York University Dorothy Roberts, J.D. University of Pennsylvania Jo Phelan, Ph.D. Columbia University Friday May 8, 2015, 2:00pm - 3:00pm Natcher Conference Center Balcony B, NIH Campus, Bethesda

Excessive inequality has gone up in most countries in the last 30 years. It is detrimental to growth but not inevitable. With properly designed policies from health and education to income redistribution, governments can help reduce it.

Michelle R. Simmons is a patient, mother and grandmother who understands firsthand the impact of health disparity in her family and in her community. Her commitment to her own health and the health of her family and community, makes her a powerful partner with Johns Hopkins Medicine to reverse the impact of health disparities. For more ...

Research has shown us that gender, ethnicity and social class have a strong impact on our health, yet the simple fact is that no one is just a man or woman, or just black or white, or just working-class or middle-class. Instead, we have multiple characteristics that shape our lives. This video - created by a research team in the Department of ...

http://rightproperty.com The Glasgow Effect describes the widest differences in life expectancy in the UK, between 54 years in some areas compared to 82 years in the more affluent areas. There are significant health inequalities in terms of mortality, physical illness, mental health and wellbeing, lifestyle behaviours associated with ill health ...

These three films, produced by the National Social Marketing Centre, follow the work of three ground-breaking projects taking place across Europe that address the social determinants of health. For more information on the NSMC's social determinants of health programme, please contact Luke van der Beeke l.vanderbeeke@nsmcentre.org.uk. The first ...

Study after study affirms that doctors treat their patients differently, depending on the patient's race. Minority patients get different diagnoses, different treatments, and are often subject to being stereotyped by their physicians. Related HCT episodes: 1. Black Mothers Suffer Higher Birth-related Mortality: https://youtu.be/VYc-Eq-vDuA 2 ...

This video fact file looks at what health inequities are, provides examples and shows their cost to society. Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status of different population groups according to socioeconomic status. These inequities have significant social and economic costs, in addition to the health costs, both to ...

Subscribe and 🔔 to the BBC 👉 https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSub Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home David Harewood investigates what the high Covid-19 death rates in black and minority ethnic patients reveal about health inequality in modern Britain. Why is Covid Killing People of Colour? | Series 1 Episode 1 | BBC ...

United Nations: Goal 10 focuses on reducing inequality within and among countries. We asked Programme Specialist Shannon O’Shea from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) to explain what type of inequality the goal focuses on and what countries, organizations and individuals can do to reduce inequalities in their societies. Produced by the ...

Health inequalities are the unfair and avoidable differences in the health of people in our society. They do not occur randomly and are determined by the social factors largely outside of an individual's control. In this video, we discuss the social determinants of health and look at why they are crucial in understanding the causes of, and ...

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) developed a series of online learning modules on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. This is the introduction video on SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities. www.rsm.nl/sdgs

http://www.healthscotland.scot/health-inequalities/what-are-health-inequalities About NHS Health Scotland's partnership work to reduce stark health inequalities in Glasgow. A clip from the 'Championing the Public's Health' programme, an ITN and Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) partnership production.

Europe is facing serious healthcare challenges. Ageing and the increase in chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and brain conditions are increasing costs to potentially unsustainable levels, raising the risk of unequal access to care for patients across the EU. And losing our ability to protect ourselves against infectious ...

National view of how health inequalities will be addressed by NHS England and NHS Improvement. Dr Bola Owolabi, Director - Health Inequalities NHS England and NHS Improvement

The COVID-19 highlighted Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the UK were at greater risk of death from the virus. Dr. Jenny Douglas explores racial inequalities in healthcare over the past 25 years in this article and video Transcript link - http://media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/4759/20211215T150129_Transcript-Racial_Inequalities_In ...

John Walsh, Organisational Development Lead and Freedom To Speak Up Guardian at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, on tackling health inequalities in West Yorkshire and Harrogate. Part of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership 'Next Steps' series.

With widening health inequalities and stalling life expectancy, the new government faces huge challenges in ensuring a ‘fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer’. Improving health and reducing health inequalities requires action far beyond health care to strengthen the building blocks of health – good homes, stable jobs and ...

http://www.scotpho.org.uk/about-us/public-health-information-network-for-scotland-phins/ Kat Smith, University of Edinburgh on:'Lay understandings of health inequalities and potential policy responses - comparing data from a national survey and three citizens' juries' NHS Health Scotland, the Scottish Public Health Observatory and the Glasgow ...

Reducing health inequalities is part of NICE’s DNA. We offer evidence-based recommendations to help improve the health of communities. Join us and discover first-hand how the equitable implementation of NICE recommendations ensures that care provided is effective, makes efficient use of resources and reduces inequalities and unwarranted ...

Rising demand and costs have put the NHS and workforce under immense strain – improving health and reducing inequalities is more important than ever. And, of course, improving health equity is central to the mission and work of the NHS and all those working in it. In this video Jacquie White – Director-National System Transformation Group ...

In LSE Health's Annual Lecture, Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London and Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, argues that the need to reduce inequalities in health is a matter of social justice. In developing strategies for tackling health inequalities we need to confront the social gradient in ...

This latest webinar, in the 'NHS Research Matters' series in collaboration with NHS England, showcases nurse-led research and places the spotlight on the leadership of nurses bringing research to the wider health and care population.

This webinar explored the impact of digital on care and the extent to which it can be harnessed as a tool to reduce health inequalities, rather then something which exacerbates and compounds them.

Ahead of the release of child poverty statistics in the UK, health expert Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Save the Children UK CEO Moazzam Malik sit down to discuss the devastating impacts of growing up in a low-income family. From health inequalities and colder homes to limited access to educational resources, they explore the challenges ...

This video is part of our Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS project. Find out more here: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/long-reads/tackling-health-inequalities-seven-priorities-nhs